Crazed celebrity dentist named as Potts Point attacker
Source: AAP
A former celebrity dentist who descended into meth addiction has been named as the man shot dead by police after assaulting two women in Sydney.
The 41-year-old was shot dead while confronting police when a Taser failed to subdue him.
The Daily Telegraph said family members had confirmed Lin’s identity.
At the peak of his career, Lin owned two successful dental practices on the NSW Central Coast and published The Dental Diet, a book about eating to strengthen teeth and help prevent oral disease.
Cutting a clean image, Lin had a significant social media following, offering health advice to his Instagram followers.
His website boasted he was a “world-leading functional dentist, speaker, and best-selling author”.
“His work has highlighted that crooked teeth and the orthodontia epidemic are diet based problems,” said the website.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Lin, who had six children, had fathered a child in secret. This caused his marriage to break down, and he spiralled into meth addiction.
He had several run-ins with the law, including stalking, assaults, choking and breaching apprehended violence orders.
Photographer and mother-of-three Chloe Paul was working from home when Lin broke into her unit and demanded money on Tuesday.
Her family told the Nine Network that Lin pinned Paul to the ground, beat her and attempted to choke her. However, her background in boxing helped her to break free and call police.
She had surgery for a broken nose following the attack.
Lin also reportedly assaulted one of Paul’s neighbours in the unit’s communal laundry room, Nine reported.
Police have said that the first officers on the scene used a taser to try to control him but it was ineffective.
Lin then confronted the officers before one fired a single shot, killing the man, Assistant Commissioner Peter McKenna said.
McKenna emphasised police had been responding to the women in distress when the situation escalated quickly.
The street was cordoned off with a helicopter flying above the scene. Up to 20 riot cars, police vehicles and ambulances descended on the block.
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