After a 3 day hearing the Chair of the Panel dismissed the NMC’s allegations against the client in respect of adequate protocol not being followed by the client that lead to the death of Patient A.
Following submissions at half-time, the Panel agreed with Islam Khan that there was no case to answer and strongly implied the failings of the consultant in charge.
In early 2015 Matthew Farmer was instructed by Mr and Mrs Skelton to advise on whether it would be possible to take out a private prosecution against Robert Trigg for the murder of their daughter Susan Nicholson in 2011. Robert Trigg had reported finding her dead on the sofa early in the morning, and told the Police that he must have rolled on her in the night and accidentally asphyxiated her. The Police carried out little investigation, and accepted this account.
Angus Robertson led Richard Sedgwick at Reading Crown Court in March 2017 in a trial involving 8 defendants, the last of whom was sentenced on 6th July 2017.