11:29 EDT, 2 February 2021
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The family of a drunk wedding guest who fell to his death at a Tube station and lay undiscovered for more than six hours are suing London Underground for more than £300,000 for negligence.
Bernard Ovu, 35, was trapped in a stairwell at Canning Town station for nearly an hour before tripping down concrete steps leading off the escape bridge and suffering a catastrophic head injury , it is claimed.
The IT expert fell just before 3am on January 22, 2017, after mistakenly straying into a staff-only area on his way home from a late-night wedding in Rotherhithe, south-east London.
His mother Roselyn Aigbibo Ovu, has now launched a £300,000 damages claim against London Underground Ltd, alleging negligence in failing to ensure safe staffing levels which she says would have led to his presence in the station being detected before it was too late.
Whipps Cross Hospital. Leytonstone. (14/1/2013) EL74569 2. A Waltham Forest man was found dead in his home just three days after being discharged from Whipps Cross A&E with a prescription for painkillers and an anti-ulcer medication. East London coroner Nadia Persaud concluded Gavin Shwe, 39, died of “natural causes”. He was found on September 5 last year but may have died as early as September 2. At the inquest on November 6, pathologist Dr Rowena Smith explained he suffered an “aortic dissection”, meaning his aorta tore and blood pooled around his heart and stopped it beating. Dr Smith speculated this tearing may have already begun when Gavin attended Whipps Cross A&E on September 2, having complained of severe pain in his chest, stomach and neck.