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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Steven Morris

Serious care failings were a factor in son killing his father, coroner in Wales rules

Dr Kim Harrison
Dr Kim Harrison. His son Daniel read out poems at the inquest via video link in honour of him. Photograph: Family handout

A string of serious failings in the care provided for a man with schizophrenia who killed his father an hour after absconding from a psychiatric ward contributed to the death, a coroner has ruled.

Coroner Kirsten Heaven also said that security systems at the hospital where Daniel Harrison was being detained were inadequate and played their part in events leading to the killing of retired chest consultant Kim Harrison.

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