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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Matthew Cooper

Matthew Caseby: ‘Hospital neglect’ contributed to death of man, 23, killed by train after he absconded

Failings amounting to neglect contributed to the death of a vulnerable man hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital, a jury has ruled.

Matthew Caseby, 23, was able to leave Birmingham’s Priory Hospital Woodbourne, where he was an NHS-funded patient, by climbing over a courtyard fence in September 2020, a coroner’s court heard.

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