The Latest Breaking News from Matthew Caseby

Senior officer guilty of misconduct over search for patient hit by train

Inspector Collin Baker was handed a written warning after a complaint to the police watchdog by the family of 23-year-old Matthew Caseby.

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Police inspector to face misconduct proceeding over bungled search for vulnerable man

Matthew Caseby, 23, escaped from a psychiatric ward and died after being hit by a train. His father said the police inspector in charge of the search had been ‘utterly negligent’

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Father of man who died after neglect at Priory calls for investigation into second hospital

The group’s facility near Manchester, where three women died in 2022, ‘should be prosecuted’, says Richard Caseby

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024

UK strategy for preventing repeat deaths ’a systemic scandal’

After inquests, coroners can make recommendations to prevent similar deaths from happening. But their suggestions are not being implemented and the system needs urgent reform, say campaigners

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Coroners’ warning loophole branded a ‘systemic scandal’ amid calls for overhaul

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody had made a host of recommendations to improve the use of Prevention of Future Death reports.

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2023

Covid and Grenfell families call for oversight of inquiry outcomes

Campaigners say mechanism is needed to ensure public inquiry recommendations are not ignored

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

IOPC investigating response of West Midland police in death of Priory patient

Inspector under investigation for misconduct after Matthew Caseby, 23, died while absconding

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023