A huge reward has been offered in exchange for information in the case of a woman who died in her hospital bed after being sexually assaulted.
Valerie Kneale, 75, died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16, 2018 from a haemorrhage caused by a "non-medical related internal injury". A post-mortem examination concluded the vulnerable mum, who had been admitted to the hospital on November 12 after having a stroke and breaking her leg after falling from a chair, had suffered the injury due to a vaginal tear, believed to have been caused by a sex attack committed after she moved onto the hospital's stroke ward.
A male member of staff was arrested on suspicion of murder, two offences of rape and one offence of sexual assault, but was never charged.
