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Daniel Keane

Man took his own life after escaping from London hospital during fire drill

An NHS Trust has been criticised by a coroner after a patient escaped from a mental health hospital in south west London during a fire drill and took his own life.

Juan Martin was detained by police on April 6, 2022 at Beachy Head in Brighton after expressing a desire to self-harm.

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