Hospital Blunder Leaves Son With Just Minutes To Say Goodbye To His Father

A grieving son was given just an hour to say goodbye to his father because the medics had already called the undertaker after he died during an operation at a private hospital.

Phil, the father of Orson Morris, passed away in December 2021 as a result of errors made at St Anthony’s Hospital in Sutton following a £12,000 gastric sleeve procedure.

Phil’s wife, Dana, was called by staff members at 2 am to be given the news and told she had one hour to see the 48-year-old before his body was taken away.

Dana woke Orson, then 12 years old, before they rushed to the hospital owned by private health provider Spire.

Orson, now 14, told the Mirror he will ‘never forgive’ the hospital for the way they treated his father and ‘ruined his final goodbye with him’.

The youngster claims to have only had five minutes alone with his dad, as ‘heartless’ staff kept walking in while he attempted to sing a song he ‘knew his dad would have loved’.

He said, ‘I’ll never get that back, and that hurts so much. Not only did we only get minutes with him instead of hours, but they demanded we go at 2 am and see the body or we’d be too late.

‘When we got there, staff kept coming in saying, ‘They’re coming’, referring to the funeral directors they had called without consulting us.’

The family was in further distress when they saw a stretcher next to the door with staff from the funeral director while they were ushered out of the room.

Last week, a coroner at the inquest into actor and lecturer Phil’s death found he would have survived had vital steps been taken by hospital staff.

The inquest heard Phil was not properly monitored after the surgery, as staff failed to take blood tests as requested by his surgeon.

He was then allowed to leave intensive care without the oxygen he needed and died on December 10 from hypoxia—a lack of oxygen.

After receiving a bill for Phil’s medical care only a few days after his passing, his family is now thinking of taking Spire to court.

A spokesman for Spire said: ‘We apologise for the distress and pain Mr Morris’ death has caused. Prior to the inquest, we carried out a thorough review of Mr Morris’ treatment and have taken action to address the learnings we identified.

‘We accept the coroner’s findings and will reflect on what further we can learn from this sad case.’

Just because one goes private, it turns out many private hospitals have no facilities for an emergency, and for a child, or anyone, only to get minutes to say goodbye to their parent is sad. There was such a lack of compassion shown by staff.

It seems like the hospital made a medical blunder, and they were trying to remove the evidence.

This man’s death was unexpected, and there would have needed an autopsy for the inquest, which is critical in cases like this. Spire never had the appropriate facilities or staff trained in after-death care.

Spire mucked up by not explaining their actions to the deceased man’s loved ones.

The man’s operation wasn’t an emergency; rather, it turned into one due to the staff’s disregard for the surgeon’s fundamental instructions, and they need to be held legally liable for that alone.

They say that going private is a better quality of care because it is private, but clearly, this isn’t the case.

Jews Condemn Keir Starmer’s Support For A Candidate Who Blamed Israel For Hamas Atrocities

Jewish organisations chastised Labour last night for supporting a candidate who asserted that Israel ‘deliberately facilitated’ the slaughter on October 7.

Secretly recorded, Azhar Ali stated that Israel essentially gave the go-ahead to invade Gaza by endorsing the crimes committed by Hamas against its own citizens.

After being questioned by The Mail on Sunday, Mr Ali apologised yesterday and acknowledged that his remarks were “inexcusable.”

However, according to Labour sources, he will continue to run for the party in the Rochdale by-election on February 29.

It is believed that Labour’s levelling-up spokesperson, Lisa Nandy, proceeded with a campaign event featuring Mr Ali in spite of the scandal, only a few hours after he was compelled to issue an apology. According to a Labour source, Ms Nandy participated in a “scheduled event.”

Last night, the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism called Labour’s position ‘obscene’ and claimed Sir Keir Starmer’s assertion that the party has addressed its nasty anti-Semitism problem was a farce given the refusal to remove Mr Ali.

‘This man does not belong in a major political party, let alone in Parliament, yet Labour is, incredibly, still backing his candidature after a quick apology,’ a spokesman said.

‘This is distressingly familiar to days that Keir Starmer promised were behind us. This is not tearing anti-Semitism out ‘by its roots’. Labour must urgently re-examine this obscene decision if its leader is to be regarded as a man of his word.’

Mr Ali’s remarks were deemed “disgraceful and unforgivable” by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who also stated that “it is clear to us that he is not apologising out of a genuine sense of remorse.”

Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said his remarks were ‘outrageous, highly offensive, mad, and unacceptable’.

And Conservative chairman Richard Holden said: ‘Time after time, Sir Keir Starmer says that he’s changed Labour. Time after time, we’re seeing that simply isn’t true. While vile racist slurs are freely exchanged within Labour, it is unfit to hold public office. Sir Keir should immediately remove Mr Ali’s Labour membership and suspend Labour’s campaign.

‘If Labour won’t do that, the public will see that Labour is happy to run anti-Semitic candidates to attract racist votes and is therefore unfit to play a leading role in our nation’s affairs.’

In a leaked recording of a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party shortly after the October 7 attacks, Mr Ali claimed Israel had ignored warnings from Egypt and the US of an imminent attack.

Sir Keir Starmer has no morals and would support anybody or anything to get him votes. He sways with the breeze, and he hasn’t got one single belief that’s his and that he will stand by.

He used to be indecisive, but now he’s not sure!

It’s because he’s always trying to have his cake and eat it. A man who believes in nothing but for power’s sake and just slithers and slimes, and no one in their right mind will vote Labour now.

My desire to vote for Labour in the upcoming election is quickly dissipating. Not that the Conservatives are any better, but then, for whom should we cast our votes?

If a Conservative MP had said something similar, I can imagine Sir Keir Starmer being all false anger over the dispatch box. It’s all gibberish, Conservatives and Labour together, and I can honestly declare that no one would be a suitable prime minister in the next election because none of them are in touch with reality.

It’s Nice Of You To Join Us

After being seen staring at his phone this morning, Michael Gove flashed a mischievous smile at the camera during his introduction on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

The Housing Secretary is tapping away at his cell phone, unaware of what’s going on, but after a few seconds, he glances up when Ms. Kuennsberg says his name.

With a sardonic smirk towards the camera, he quickly tucks his phone into the breast pocket of his navy blue jacket, realising he’s been discovered.

The former political editor of the BBC shared the brief video this afternoon on her X account with her 1.4 million followers, writing, “Nice of you to join us, Mr Gove.”

More than 35,000 people have watched it, and some social media users have found it hilarious.

While one jokingly speculated that he could have been checking the most recent odds on the next prime minister, another inquired whether he was checking on Bojo [Boris Johnson].

Mr Gove was quizzed this morning in a round of television interviews where he pointed to a growing population, not enough homes being built, and a squeeze on mortgage finance when he was asked why the housing system is broken.

This week, he is due to detail measures that will allow developers to convert empty office blocks, department stores and commercial buildings through streamlined planning processes.

The government plans to amend the legislation to allow for the quicker repurposing of “brownfield” properties to encourage developers to build in town centres and increase the rate at which homes are constructed there.

Speaking to the Sunday Times today he warned that ‘it’s simply harder for us to make that case if people who’ve got broadly small ”c” conservative values, or actually no particular political agenda at all, feel that they’re being shut out.’

‘If people think that markets are rigged and a democracy isn’t listening to them, then you get—and this is the worrying thing to me—an increasing number of young people saying, ‘I don’t believe in democracy, I don’t believe in markets,’ he said.

Meanwhile, he defended Rishi Sunak’s controversial transgender jibe on Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, saying the prime minister was ‘absolutely right’ to use it to attack Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turns.

As Esther Ghey, the mother of transgender adolescent Brianna Ghey, was visiting Parliament, Mr Sunak provoked a backlash by accusing the Labour leader in the Commons of not being able to “define a woman.”

When it came to Michael Gove, there was a complete lack of etiquette and most likely an addiction to his stupid phone. Michael Gove is beyond parody – he’s just comedy gold, but how is being ‘rumbled’ looking at one’s phone? I’m sure many people do this when they believe they’re off-camera.

This dude embodies every Tory politician in ideal form. A liar, cunning, schemer, and driven solely by self-interest, but then, aren’t all politicians alike?

Like most politicians, he’s a haughty, conceited man who should not be trusted. All these politicians are the same – they toe the line for a while, tell you what you want to hear, and then lie their pants off.

Louisiana Sheriff, 62, Claims His Sleep Apnea Mask Gave Him Kidney Cancer

A 62-year-old man from Louisiana fought kidney cancer, which he claims was brought on by Philips sleep apnea breathing equipment.

For four years, Sheriff Brett Stassi had been treating his sleep apnea with a Philips DreamStation CPAP mask every night. Occasionally, he would discover little black particles on his pillow from the machine.

He didn’t find that the particles were anything but innocuous until a June 2021 equipment recall.

He said: ‘You’re worried about dying in your sleep, and you come to find out that the machine might be doing more damage than the apnea.’

Mr Stassi was taken into emergency surgery one month before the recall following a regular visit to the doctor, which revealed he had kidney cancer. ProPublica reports that he had to have surgery to remove his right kidney.

Amidst an increasing number of cases where long-term users have been diagnosed with cancer, pneumonia, asthma, and other serious health issues, Philips has withdrawn millions of defective sleep apnea ventilators from the market.

The Food and Drug Administration now reports that thousands of CPAP users are facing additional serious health concerns, and 561 CPAP users have died as a consequence of diseases tied to defective machines since the recall of almost 15 million devices began in 2021.

The FDA’s database for reporting adverse effects has 116,000 medical device complaints, which include fatalities. During the short period of July to September 2023, 111 fatalities were reported out of the over 7,000 medical device reports that were filed during that time.

Sleep apnea, which affects millions of individuals, is characterised by shallow or paused breathing during sleep. Over time, this disorder greatly raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Given that Philips leads the CPAP device market, a significant portion of the eight million Americans who depend on CPAP machines for uninterrupted sleep are probably included in the recall.

The sort of foam used in the machine’s helmet, which is fastened around the head and attached to a snorkel-like device, is the source of the issue. Its purpose is to reduce noise and vibrations produced by the machine.

However, it has been demonstrated that the foam, which is composed of polyester-based polyurethane, degrades and breaks apart into minute particles, releasing toxic chemical gases like formaldehyde, benzene, methylene chloride, volatile organic compounds, and solvents—all of which have been connected to various cancers and respiratory issues.

The issue is that hazardous plastic outgassing from a vast number of items is a problem that is significantly more common than it has ever been, and now taking care of ourselves is making us sick; it just sucks.

Even more frustrating is the fact that these companies were aware of it for years yet kept quiet about it. All those fatalities and grievances went unanswered.

We put our lives in the hands of these companies. They don’t care about us; all they care about is making money off us.

These companies use people like guinea pigs to test their products before they’re released to the rest of the world. Then they see how many people die from the product and then upgrade and improve the product significantly before it’s made for sale, probably at a lower cost than everywhere else.

Labour Considers Banning Teenagers From Buying Energy Drinks

Labour is considering ideas to prohibit the sale of energy drinks to under-16-year-olds.

Concerns over the effects on children’s health and education have led to consideration of a clampdown.

The beverages may include a significant amount of sugar in addition to high caffeine content. Excessive intake by youngsters has been linked in studies to headaches, insomnia, irritability, and fatigue.

Evidence suggests that youngsters who consume these drinks regularly may do poorly academically and behave badly. Additionally, research released last month revealed that they can raise the likelihood of stress, worry, and suicide ideation.

Up to a third of children in the UK consume caffeinated energy drinks every week, with boys more likely to buy them. Products such as Prime Energy, Monster, and Rockstar have become increasingly popular.

The majority of supermarkets have voluntarily stopped selling energy drinks to customers younger than sixteen. However, the ease with which they may be purchased from corner stores on the way to school has alarmed parents and educators.

Ministers have not acted on a 2019 proposal calling for a total ban on sales to anyone under the age of sixteen. Some nations, including Lithuania and Latvia, have already outlawed selling energy drinks to minors.

There are different amounts of caffeine in cans: 200 mg in Rockstar, 160 mg in Monster, and 140 mg in Prime Energy. That is about twice as much as the 80 mg in a cup of coffee.

While assembling its election platform, Labour has been debating the possibility of outlawing sales to anyone under the age of sixteen.

Last month, the Children’s Food Campaign and more than forty health groups wrote to Health Secretary Victoria Atkins and her Labour counterpart Wes Streeting to demand the immediate introduction of a ban. The British Dental Association, Diabetes UK, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the British Medical Association were among the organisations that signed the letter.

Barbara Crowther of the Children’s Food Campaign said: “Energy drink companies shouldn’t be allowed to increase profits at the expense of child health. The government said it would ban the sale of energy drinks to under 16-year-olds five years ago but didn’t actually do it. All evidence points to these over-caffeinated drinks being harmful to children’s health.

“There is a lot of support for this measure from supermarkets that are already restricting sales to children voluntarily; to protect children properly, there needs to be an outright ban in all sales outlets. With evidence growing on both mental and physical harms of these drinks, it’s time for action.”

Teaching unions have spoken about the role energy drinks can play in poor pupil behaviour and how they present a barrier to learning. NASUWT General Secretary Patrick Roach said last night: “Energy drinks are readily available legal highs, and consumption by young people should be banned.

“Teachers see every day how high levels of these stimulants are impacting poor behaviour in the classroom. Consumption by teenagers can also lead to an increased risk of poor academic performance, sleep problems, and issues with concentration and behaviour. Despite the government announcing a ban in 2019, it never saw the light of day. A ban on energy drinks is long overdue.”

Sales of energy drinks and sports drinks are expected to reach £2.2 billion in 2023, up 21.6 per cent from the previous year.

Finally, someone has realised how dangerous these beverages are. But how much can our government ban? Next, they’ll be banning children, laughter, history, and anything that is social, and they will have us living in gated prisons.

Energy drinks, on the other hand, are just caffeine and sugar in a can.

In the end, energy drinks diminish your energy levels. They provide you with a brief burst of exhilaration, but as soon as the effects wear off, you’re left feeling depleted.

Considering how detrimental these beverages are to our health, I frequently question why they are even offered. But since parents, not the government, are in charge of their children’s behaviour, this has just devolved into yet another nanny state. Our government has allowed children to act freely, and now it wants to rein them in, but it’s a little late for that because if you give them half of something, they’ll always take the whole thing.

When Stranded In Australia, A Social Housing Tenant Claims His One-Bed Home Was Illegally Sublet

A social housing tenant is suing Clarion Housing Association for £1 million in damages, claiming that one of their housing officers illegally sublet his home when he was stranded in Australia at the start of the pandemic.

After returning to his Chelsea, south-west London property, 43-year-old Fillippe Scalora claims he discovered someone had been sleeping on his bed and used his computer, silverware, and towels.

The former regulatory compliance official told the Guardian: ‘I walked into the flat and saw half of my stuff there and someone living in it. My mail was open—really private stuff like bank accounts and NHS appointment forms. I was devastated.’

Mr Scalora says the person that the housing officer moved in is still living in the house, leaving him homeless and living in budget hotels and temporary accommodation.

He got stranded in Australia when the pandemic hit, and he claims that the housing officer asked for his keys for a gas inspection when he told him that he would not be able to get back home.

He claims the housing official then informed him that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) council intended to transfer his property to a temporary renter, but he was given the assurance that he would either have his flat back or be assigned to another one upon his return.

Due to a medical issue, RBKC granted Mr Scalora a lifetime tenure in the property on Cale Street.

His rent was around £600 a month, but he said it would cost roughly £2,000 a month on the open market.

According to Mr Scalora, a friend was supposed to remove his belongings from the flat so that the new occupant could move in, but it turned out that not all of his items were removed.

In November 2021, when the housing officer ceased responding to him and the council informed him that it had no documentation of a new renter coming into the house, he suspected something was wrong.

He hired a locksmith to gain entry to his flat when he got home in April 2022, at which point he discovered that a stranger had been using all of his personal belongings.

He said, ‘It was very uncomfortable seeing someone had been sleeping in my bed, using my towels. It was just theft.’

The London High Court will hold a trial in the one-bedroom house dispute on Thursday.

I’ve never heard of a case like this before, so it’s rather strange. I am aware, nevertheless, that housing groups occasionally rent from third parties and recoup the cost by renting again.

I’m not even sure if this is legal, especially when renting out to people on housing benefits. However, if they can be so devious as to do this, then I wouldn’t put anything past them.

You can travel overseas or see family even if you are receiving benefits, as long as you don’t stay more than six weeks. After that, your housing benefit and benefits will stop.

Even if you’re in hospital in the UK, after being in hospital for 6 weeks, benefits will cease because you are not at home and are being looked after by someone else. This especially applies to PIP (Personal Independence Payments).

I’m not sure why Mr Scalora was in Australia at the time the pandemic hit. Perhaps to visit family or, even worse, a funeral. Whatever the reason, he was stranded in Australia with nobody getting in or out, including himself.

Generally, lifetime tenancies, which are classed as an ‘assured’ or ‘secure’ tenancy, are for life unless, of course, your landlord, whoever they might be, has reason to believe you have been a bad tenant, and then they can eventually get a court order to evict you.

Normally, when a person or family is given a tenancy, it’s either a ‘starter’ tenancy and sometimes a ‘fixed term’ tenancy, and then, after a year of being a tenant, as long as there have been no problems with the tenant, they would be given an ‘assured’ or ‘secure tenancy’.

However, some properties already have a ‘secure’ tenancy, which would be handed over to the occupant when they sign papers for the property.

This man would have waited a very long time on the housing list for a flat in the area that he lived in. It would not have been easy for him to get a flat, and that wouldn’t have mattered where he was residing at the time.

Of course, this would have now become an immigration problem with people saying that he shouldn’t be in this country. Well, we know nothing about this man. Whether he was born here in the UK or not, if people are going to be a little irritated about it, I suggest you talk to Rishi Sunak about that, or maybe even Boris Johnson.

Husband Spiking Wife’s Drinks With Abortion Drugs Jailed For 180 Days

A cheating husband has been jailed for just 180 days after spiking his wife’s drinks with abortion drugs when she was seven months pregnant, meaning the child was born prematurely with learning difficulties.

Mason Herring, 39, a Houston-based lawyer, entered a plea agreement on Wednesday and was sentenced to 180 days in the Harris County Jail starting on March 1 in addition to 10 years of probation.

Herring drugged his wife Catherine several times, making her sick and causing their third child to be born ten weeks early. Currently experiencing developmental challenges, the youngster sees a therapist eight times a week.

The lawyer’s repeated attempts to drug his wife in 2022 came after he embarked on an affair and told his wife he wanted to split up. She told the court he feared ‘looking like a jerk’ if she gave birth.

Catherine bravely appeared at her husband’s sentencing to slam the judge for giving such a lenient sentence.

‘I do not believe that 180 days is justice for attempting to kill your child seven separate times,’ she told the court. ‘For two years, my husband has overtly denied this assault, and I’m grateful today that he has finally admitted to his guilt.’

‘I believe that the result was a good one for my client. He has accepted responsibility for what he did,’ his lawyer, Dan Codgell, told ABC13.

Mason was scheduled to stand trial on three felony charges in March. He was originally charged with forcing induction to have an abortion, but he admitted guilt to lesser charges of assaulting a pregnant person and injuring a child under fifteen.

The baby had to spend months being fed through a feeding tube because of her husband’s activities, according to the soon-to-be ex-wife, who spoke in court about how their daughter was born 10 weeks early.

She added that Mason had ceased providing for her and their three kids monetarily ever since the event.

Mason was secretly drugging his wife to abort her pregnancy with their third child.

Once, while giving his wife a glass of cranberry juice containing the abortion-inducing medication misoprostol, he was caught on camera.

‘[Catherine Herring] stated that this was out of character for [Mason Herring] as he does not do chores around the house,’ the affidavit states.

‘[Catherine Herring] stated that when [Mason Herring] left the residence, she went to the trash can to see what was inside. [Catherine Herring] stated that she then found opened blister packs labelled as ‘Cyrux,’ which she discovered was a Mexican pharmacy version of the American drug Cytotec, the main ingredient of which is Misoprostol, a drug that [Catherine Herring] knows is used to cause abortion.’

When Mason brought her a glass of murky water during their spring break in March 2022 and stressed the need to be hydrated, Catherine realised for the first time that Mason could have been drugging her.

One hundred and eighty days is not long enough. This man should have gotten life imprisonment.

Given that the mother was seven months pregnant and the unborn child was viable, the guy would have committed murder if he had gotten away with it.

This was an assault on a child and the abuse of a human being; life would have been more appropriate for such a crime.

This man tried to kill his unborn child. He was caught on film, and the child was permanently impaired because of this. This is a pretty sad commentary on human behaviour.

He got 180 days, yet the infant gets life because the child was born sick because of this man’s actions. Is there no justice at all?

William Won’t Speak To Harry Until He Apologises For Attacking The Royal Family

Following their avoidance of one another during Prince William’s whistlestop visit to see the cancer-stricken King Charles, an analyst has said that Prince William has no interest in speaking to Harry again unless he apologises for his public insults to the royal family.

The 39-year-old Duke of Sussex travelled over 5,000 miles by plane from his California residence to London for a visit with his father that lasted about 45 minutes.

With their ongoing rivalry, the Prince’s transatlantic run had aroused expectations that his return to Britain would be used to mend fences with Charles and to reach out to his 41-year-old brother, Prince William.

After just one day in the UK, he quickly returned to his Montecito home, but, as it is thought, he spent the night at a posh hotel rather than a royal mansion.

He did not see his brother at all during the visit, but an insider later claimed that the Prince would have ‘gladly accepted’ a reunion with his brother.

‘William would be upset that Harry yet again has chosen to make this visit to see his father a PR opportunity,’ Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, told The Sun.

‘As far as William is concerned, he has absolutely no interest in speaking to Harry until Harry behaves like a gentleman and apologises for the years of rudeness and slurs he has aimed at William and the Princess of Wales.

‘William must be privately furious, thinking over all the years how he supported Harry and at this one moment in his life when his 75-year-old father and wife of 13 years are both potentially seriously unwell, all Harry can think about is Harry and using it as an opportunity to announce his arrival and expect to see William.’

The royal expert claimed Harry’s immediate visit showed his ‘impulsive’ nature was still key, and his rushing to the UK ‘stirs things up’ for William.

The Duke is now expected to join Meghan in Canada next week for an event to commemorate a year until the Invictus Games in Vancouver and Whistler.

It is said that the Prince of Wales is continuing to devote his attention to taking care of his wife Kate, who is recovering from abdominal surgery and will be out of the public eye until after Easter.

Meanwhile, Harry has barely spoken with his father since the death of Queen Elizabeth, and it is reported that there was no contact when he celebrated his 39th birthday.

Unfortunately, sometimes you can burn your bridges beyond repair, and some betrayals cut so deep it can take years to be able to forgive.

Harry and Meghan only told the truth, or did they – well, we will have to watch and see, I’m sure everything will be revealed eventually.

Let’s hope that William never needs a kidney from his brother, or vice versa, or even funnier, Meghan is a perfect match. Sometimes you just have to stop, put down the hate and start afresh with your family.

Parents Forced Healthy Child To Use Wheelchair For Four Years 

A cruel mother and father who forced their healthy child to use a wheelchair for four years in a scam to claim extra benefits have had their comeuppance in court.

Louise Law, 50, and her ex-husband Martin, 54, made a mockery of the benefits system by using their child as a ploy to gain a mobility car and disability allowance payments.

The pair, from Goole, East Yorkshire, instructed their seven-year-old to start using the device in 2012 while they ‘fabricated illnesses and exaggerated symptoms’ for teachers and NHS workers.

The boy was ridiculed at school and denied a typical upbringing, according to evidence presented to Hull Crown Court, resulting in “gratuitous degradation” from having to use a wheelchair.

Louise Law acknowledged committing child abuse in court. On the day of her planned trial, she entered a different plea and was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison.

Despite being found guilty of child abuse by a jury, Martin Law, who is now separated from his wife, has been living in a care facility for a long time and was not allowed to make a plea. A guardianship order was placed over him.

Passing sentence, Judge Kate Rayfield told Mrs Law, ‘You repeatedly raised the issue of a wheelchair. You were repeatedly advised against it.

‘Despite all of the tests revealing nothing wrong, you continued to subject [the child] to appointments and investigations. You did the talking yourselves, telling the doctors lies.

‘This was a scam… You were telling [the child] to report symptoms that they never said that they had.’

Physicians expressed worries that the Laws were inventing or exaggerating the child’s symptoms in order to make the illness seem legitimate. The twelve-year-old was placed in foster care.

The victim was interviewed in September 2022, at the age of 18. They said that the behaviour from their parents began when they were around five or six.

A few initial medical appointments progressed to around 30 hospital appointments, including overnight stays.

Prosecutor Louise Reevell told the court: ‘[The] parents made them think that they could not walk properly. They would go to school in a wheelchair but they didn’t really need it.’

Upon the child’s placement in foster care, their caretaker promptly ensured that they ceased utilising the wheelchair and medicine, both of which were unnecessary.

‘[The child] was able to run up and down stairs,’ said Mrs Reevell. ‘[they] went on to join the Army cadets and did normal activities at school. At no point while in foster care did they suffer any pain or tiredness.

‘The whole situation had a terrible effect on their mental health. Eventually, [the child] stopped all contact with their parents, and, as time went on, their mental health declined still further.

‘They realised that they could do all the things that their parents had told them that they could not. They were discharged from an array of health care professionals that they had been referred to over the years.’

When it was discovered that the child’s wheeziness and allergies were the only issues, medical personnel began to think that the ailments had been made up.

The length of time they got away with it astounds me. Did all the doctors miss what was going on?

Some parents make sure they see different doctors all the time so they can’t compare what the person was like the time before. Plus, they learn all the right things to say and coach the child because it’s very difficult to call a child a liar when they’re telling you they’re in pain.

And for those people out there who believe getting disability benefits is easier than 1, 2, 3—it’s not!

Even if they are nonverbal or in need of round-the-clock care, some very ill individuals may have been before a tribunal more than six times and still be denied compensation for their impairment, and not everyone who has disabilities walks on crutches or uses wheelchairs; they have other health conditions that aren’t visible, so please remember that!

Some parents may take advantage of their kids for financial benefit; however, this isn’t always the case. There are loads of children out there with physical or mental illnesses, but remember, just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Inspector Demoted For Selling Police Trousers On Vinted For £4

An inspector who was found guilty of egregious misconduct and who sold his police pants on Vinted for £4 was demoted.

Owen Hurley, of Hertfordshire Police, admitted to selling a single item of uniform on the second-hand selling app last year.

After remodelling, he needed to “make space” in his wardrobe, so he decided to market the trousers. He told a disciplinary hearing.

The trousers were reported to the police by a member of the public who saw them on the platform during the summer of 2023.

Sergeant Hurley acknowledged making a “mistake” at the hearing on Tuesday, February 6, adding that he “just did it instinctively at the time.”

While the listing on Vinted stated the trousers were a police issue, the sergeant confirmed they did not include a police emblem or symbol.

Sergeant Hurley said that the old trousers did not fit well, but Chief Constable Charlie Hall discovered that in January 2023, Sergeant Hurley had placed an order for two new pairs of trousers in the same size.

Counsel on behalf of the officer said ‘Not every mistake is unethical’, arguing that Sergeant Hurley had not tried to conceal his behaviour by selling in his own name, which suggested it was not a deliberate wrongdoing.

Having served for fifteen years, he was well-liked and respected by his coworkers.

Representatives of the authority that brought the case forward said Sergeant Hurley had not shown integrity, which is a ‘fundamental’ policing concept.

Although they said the facts of the case suggest it was ‘not close to premeditation or planning’, they said it still amounted to ‘more than just a simple mistake’.

Chief Constable Hall said Sergeant Hurley’s actions were ‘stupid’ and that taking no action would be a ‘slippery slope’.

He said a reduction in rank to sergeant recognises that the former inspector’s line management role is an aggravating factor in the case.

The penalty seemed a little excessive. But I can’t see how someone in his position didn’t realise that you can’t sell or give away your uniform when you work for the police. He should have understood this.

Formal warnings, or even a stern word from his superior officer, may have dissuaded him enough to prevent a repeat performance.

This is absurd. First of all, this would have required a costly investigation, diverting the police’s attention from other pressing inquiries, and all for a £4 Vinted item.

Professional standards make me laugh, particularly when a lot of them are poachers turned gamekeepers. Going into work every day to investigate their colleagues—is this the real reason why people joined up?

Police shouldn’t, in my opinion, be investigating other police. In particular, to avoid any retaliatory action performed just because the force doesn’t like that person and wants to ‘manage’ them out of the position, it should always be an independent panel.

Stop the press! A vicious crime has been committed; a copper sold his police trousers on Vinted; send him to the gallows! The police and the justice system have lost the plot.

Talk about a fuss over nothing. Was he that skint that he needed to sell them for four quid?

It seems this police uniform was more important than doing the job, yet nobody gets demoted for not doing their job properly.

To be honest, the trousers were not his to sell, and any unneeded uniform had to be handed back to the store’s department for reuse, et cetera.

I had assumed that becoming a police officer would have required common sense, but obviously not! Still, his punishment was a bit harsh, even for a numpty police inspector who sells his wears on Vinted!

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