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Stanley Murphy-Johns

Woman who died after refusing chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

Paloma Shemirani with her A-level results at Roedean School in Brighton (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

The twin brother of a woman who died after being “influenced” into not having chemotherapy by their mother has called inquest findings “a failure of the state”.

Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed on July 19 last year and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital where she died five days later.

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