Roger Caleb Rogerson was a detective sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force and a convicted murderer. During his career, Rogerson was one of the most decorated officers in the force, having received at least thirteen awards for bravery, outstanding policemanship, and devotion to duty including the Peter Mitchell Trophy, the highest annual police award.
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Roger Rogerson’s cause of death: What happened to Roger Rogerson?
On 18 January 2024, Rogerson was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital after suffering an aneurysm. He was taken off life support the following day, and died on 21 January, at the age of 83.
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The disgraced former detective was serving his sentence for the murder at Long Bay prison in Sydney when he suffered a brain aneurysm in his cell on Thursday, and died at the Prince of Wales hospital in Randwick on Sunday.
Rogerson was ultimately jailed in 1990 for conspiring to pervert the course of justice with two other men, over opening bank accounts totalling $110,000 under false names.
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