Assault Antidepressants & Ambien 28/03/2007 Australia Gentle & Calm Man Knife-Attacks a Friend
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Paragraph one reads:&nbsp; &quot;<strong><u>ALLAN Paul Kay was known as a gentle and calm man. </u></strong>But on March 9, after taking his<strong><u> prescribed sleeping pills, antidepressants and anxiety drugs, he allegedly stabbed a woman in a frenzied attack.&quot;<br /><br /></u></strong><a href="http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/articles/2007/03/28/1174761568610.html">http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/articles/2007/03/28/1174761568610.html</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><h1><strong>Medication blamed for attack</strong></h1>By VERONICA APAP<br />March 29, 2007<br /><br />ALLAN Paul Kay was known as a gentle and calm man. But on March 9, after taking his prescribed sleeping pills, antidepressants and anxiety drugs, he allegedly stabbed a woman in a frenzied attack.<br /><br />His solicitor, Jane Healy, told Wollongong Local Court yesterday a combination of the sleeping pill Stilnox and other prescription drugs may have been responsible. &quot;Recently there have been a number of reports in relation to Stilnox [Ambien] resulting in out-of-character behaviour,&quot; she said.<br /><br />Kay is facing charges of attempted murder and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent to do so. He appeared in court yesterday via video link to request conditional bail.<br /><br />The Flinders man is accused of stabbing a woman in what police described as a &quot;frenzied attack&quot;.<br /><br />In a statement to police tendered in court, the woman said she had known Kay for more than 20 years and described him as a &quot;gentle and calm&quot; person. &quot;He never gave me any reason to fear him.&quot;<br /></div> 
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