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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

‘Slapping therapy’ healer jailed for gross negligence manslaughter of woman

Danielle Carr-Gomm in a field of flowers
When Danielle Carr-Gomm became seriously ill at the workshop in 2016, Xiao blamed her decline on a ‘healing crisis’. Photograph: Wiltshire Police

An alternative healer who promoted a “slapping therapy” taken up by millions of people across the world has been jailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of a British woman who died at one of his workshops in Wiltshire.

Hongchi Xiao was sentenced to 15 years after a jury found him guilty of the manslaughter of Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, who had type 1 diabetes and fell fatally ill after she stopped taking her insulin and fasted during one of his paida lajin therapy retreats.

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