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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Charlotte Lillywhite

Death of care home resident after third attack by fellow dementia patient was 'avoidable', says coroner

A man’s beating in a south west London care home by another resident with dementia which led to his death “could and should have been avoided”, a coroner has ruled.

Neil Sweetmore, 86, had allegedly already been attacked twice by John Edgar before the final assault at Viera Gray House, in Barnes, on August 25, 2020. He died at St George’s Hospital 17 days later on September 11.

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