HOSPITAL 'MURDER'
Stroke patient, 75, ‘died after being sexually assaulted in hospital bed’ as worker is arrested on suspicion of murder
Sarah Ridley
Updated: 0:41, 11 May 2021
A PENSIONER is believed to have been murdered while in hospital after dying from internal injuries from a sexual assault, an inquest heard yesterday.
Valerie Kneale, 75, was admitted following a stroke and had later broken her leg when falling from a chair.
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Valerie Kneale died from injuries following a sexual assaulted in hospital, an inquest has heardCredit: PA:Press Association
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Her condition deteriorated and she died four days later at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
A police investigation was launched after a post mortem concluded she died from a non-medical-related internal injury.