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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Russell

Mother knew son’s life was at risk once he fled mental health unit, inquest told

A mother whose son fled from a mental health unit and was struck by a train was “in disbelief as to how he could have got out”, an inquest heard.

Jayden Booroff, 23, had been sectioned twice within weeks when he left the Linden Centre in Chelmsford in Essex on the evening of October 23, 2020.

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