Shock new details uncovered about Audrey Griffin’s accused killer’s prison suicide

Chilling new details can be revealed about the lead-up to Adrian Torrens’ suicide at Silverwater Jail last week, just days after he was charged with 19-year-old Audrey Griffin’s murder.

Audrey Griffin’s accused killer borrowed a razor blade from his cellmate claiming he had to shave, only to then use it to take his own life.

A Coroner will ultimately decide whether any missteps occurred in the lead-up to Adrian Torrens’ suicide at Silverwater Prison last week, but new details can be revealed about his death just days after being taken into custody.

After lengthy discussions with counsellors Torrens had been moved out of a single high-risk cell and put in with a cellmate on Thursday, the same day he committed suicide.

Adrian Torrens, 53, committed suicide in custody last week, three days after being charged with the murder of Central Coast teenager Audrey Griffin. Picture: Facebook.

Ms Griffin’s body was found in Erina Creek on Sunday, March 23. Picture: LinkedIn

Police and correctives sources said it was understood once in a shared cell the 53-year-old claimed he had “court” the next day - despite it being an Anzac Day public holiday - and asked his cellmate if he could borrow a razor.

While police are conducting an investigation to prepare a report for the coroner, there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by any staff or inmates at Silverwater Prison.

Torrens had only been charged with the 19-year-old’s murder last Monday, almost a month on from her body being discovered in a creek bed near The Entrance Road at Erina.

Ms Griffin’s death had initially been determined to be a case of misadventure, despite multiple autopsies being carried out.

But that all changed after detectives discovered they were in possession of CCTV from outside the Elanora Hotel in East Gosford from the early hours of March 23.

Torrens had just a few hours earlier been put into a shared cell at Silverwater Correctional Centre.

The footage captured Ms Griffin walking past shortly after 2am, followed by Torrens who was just a few hundred metres behind heading in the same direction.

Ms Griffin told her ex-boyfriend and another friend she had been drinking with that she was going to take an Uber back to Terrigal - but she never arrived.

Sources said Torrens appeared “distressed” when he checked in to a community corrections office two weeks after the teenager was killed.

He had been required to visit a Community Corrections Office fortnightly as part of the 18-month community corrections order he was on for domestic violence offences at the time of Ms Griffin’s murder.

A prison source said Torrens had complained about his relationship breakdown and that his mother was ill during his April 7 check in.

It is understood he was reminded to keep up his fortnightly visits after having allegedly “missed a few”.

“He presented as distressed, complaining about his relationship and that his mother was sick,” the source said.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said over the weekend that the officers involved in the drawn-out investigation into Ms Griffin’s death had her “full confidence and support”. Picture: Supplied

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said over the weekend that the officers involved in the drawn-out investigation into Ms Griffin’s death had her “full confidence and support”, noting they released the footage the same day they realised they had it.

In the wake of the CCTV being released several associates of Torrens came forward to police, including one who told investigators not only who the mystery man in the footage was - but that he had confessed to Ms Griffin’s murder and told them “he left her body in the mangroves”.