Corporate murders?

[Staunton]

It is my sincere belief that there are professionals at work today in Bristol who should be serving sentences for murder.

 

On Thursday 28 September 2017 the BBC Radio 4 evening news programme at 6:00pm reported the following:

 

A serious case review has concluded that the murder of an 18 year old girl by another resident at a care home for people with Aspergers Syndrome was preventable.

 

Melissa Mathieson was strangled by 19 year old Jason Conroy at Alexandra House in Bristol in 2014. A report by the Bristol Safeguarding Board found that Conroy had previously tried to kill four women, including his mother, and in 2013 a forensic assessment concluded that he posed a high risk of future physical and sexually harmful behaviour.

 

The BBC Social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports that:

 

Jason Conroy was described as displaying extreme sexualised behaviour as far back as 2007 when aged eleven he tried to strangle a female member of staff at his residential school in order to have sex with her dead body. Throughout his young life Conroy was moved around care settings who all struggled to cope with his challenging behaviour, caused by his Aspergers Syndrome. In 2014, following an attempt to kill another female carer the teenager, who comes from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, was moved to Alexandra House in Bristol, a care home that specialises in looking after people with Aspergers.

 

Today's Serious Case Review, however, says they failed to adequately assess the clear risks that Jason Conroy posed and therefore didn't put supervision in place.

 

In October 2014 he killed Melissa Mathieson, who had moved to Alexandra House just weeks earlier. Her father James says both Melissa and her killer deserved better care: 'They were both let down. It's shocking, the amount of mistakes that were made, they all add up to a shocking event, and my daughter has taken the brunt of it all. It's heartbreaking'.

 

In a contract statement this afternoon Alexandra House say they have failed in their duty to Melissa and her family, and apologised for the numerous failures that were made. Jason Conroy is serving a nineteen year prison term for the murder.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b095pttp (16 minutes and 15 seconds into the programme)

 

The Guardian yesterday also reported that 'Melissa was killed hours after complaining to staff about Conroy.'

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/28/womans-in-care-home-could-have-been-prevented-inquiry-finds-melissa-mathieson

[El Cid]

It is my sincere belief that there are professionals at work today in Bristol who should be serving sentences for murder.

 

On Thursday 28 September 2017 the BBC Radio 4 evening news programme at 6:00pm reported the following:

 

 

Any other prosecution pending, below a murder charge?

[Staunton]

Any other prosecution pending, below a murder charge?

 

It would appear that an apology from the care home is deemed sufficient humiliation.

 

A spokesman for Alexandra Homes said:

 

"We are truly sorry for the numerous failures that were made and sincerely regret the mistakes and the shortcomings that the review has identified. Quite simply, we failed in our duty to Melissa and her family.

 

"The offender should have been properly assessed and supervised, and this did not happen, with tragic consequences. It was clearly wrong for a manager to describe our previous processes as 'robust'."

 

It added since then it had taken appropriate action and in May 2016 the care home watchdog rated the home as 'good' in all areas.

 

The States of Guernsey, which was responsible for putting Conroy into care, said since the tragedy it had "reviewed and strengthened its processes."

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41415876

[Staunton]

It was reported last week that senior clinician Dr Valerie Murphy was facing 'sanctions' following a cartalogue of failures that contributed to the death of Connor Sparrowhawk, an 18 year old who suffered a number of conditions including epilepsy, autism and learning difficulties. Connor died whilst in the care of the Southern Health NHS Foundation. I eagerly await news of precisely what these sanctions shall be.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/21/connor-sparrowhawk-risk-assessments-death-tribunal-finds

 

An inquest jury in 2015 found that a number of serious failings by Southern Health NHS foundation trust contributed to Connor’s death.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/connor-sparrowhawk-mother-attacks-barbaric-treatment-by-tribunal

 

Surely the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust should be facing charges of corporate manslaughter?

 

http://www.hse.gov.uk/corpmanslaughter/about.htm

[tinfoilhat]

I think that's a good idea. Doctors have had it easy for too long, we need them to think they could be jailed over every decision they get wrong. That'll learn 'em.

[ez8004]

Unlikely, that's why doctors and hospitals have insurance or things like this.

[Guest]

Unlikely, that's why doctors and hospitals have insurance or things like this.

 

Criminal liability is completely different from any civil penalties imposed which may be covered by insurance.

Edited September 30, 2017 by Guest

[Staunton]

I think that's a good idea. Doctors have had it easy for too long, we need them to think they could be jailed over every decision they get wrong. That'll learn 'em.

 

Melissa Mathieson, Connor Sparrowhawk, countless others; these are not the random victims of rogue medics but the inocent casualties of a corporate culture above criticism, beyond accountability.

[hackey lad]

Why are people always quick to put the blame on someone ? As sad as this case is , I would've thought that this young man wouldn't have been happy with someone watching him have a bath

[Staunton]

Why are people always quick to put the blame on someone ? As sad as this case is , I would've thought that this young man wouldn't have been happy with someone watching him have a bath

 

Read the links, look at the evidence. These are not sad cases, they are shocking crimes.