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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young patient, jury finds

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

Personal trainer 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, the city’s coroner’s court heard.

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