Negligence of husband and son killed Whitehaven woman Dorothy Morgan
SUPERMARKET worker David Holyoak spent hours reading detective novels during the frequent breaks from his trial at Carlisle Crown Court.
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SUPERMARKET worker David Holyoak spent hours reading detective novels during the frequent breaks from his trial at Carlisle Crown Court.
A NATIONAL charity which campaigns to end abuse of the elderly says the Dorothy Morgan manslaughter case is the "tip of an iceberg".
Robert Morgan and David Holyoak, from Cumbria, have been put behind bars after they let Dorothy Morgan, 71, drop to four-and-a-half-stone before they sought medical attention, which came too late
A court heard Dorothy was admitted to hospital as she weighed four and a half stone, was malnourished, dehydrated and suffering from infected bedsores.
Frail Dorothy Morgan, 71, weighed just four-and-a-half stone when she was finally admitted to hospital in January 2021.