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Mathilde Grandjean

Hospital worker left UK ‘never to be seen again’ after girl died under his watch

Ruth Szymankiewicz died aged 14 (Family handout/PA) -

A care worker employed under a false name fled the UK after failing to properly watch over a teenage girl at a children’s mental health hospital, an inquest has heard.

Ruth Szymankiewicz died at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on February 14 2022 while she was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital – also known as Taplow Manor – in Berkshire.

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