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Colchester United played their final game at Layer Road on this day 14 years ago

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COLCHESTER United's former Layer Road fortress will always hold a special place in the heart of supporter Torin Bones. Not that he remembers visiting. The 13-year-old was just nine months old when dad Justin took him to the club's final fixture at their old home - a 1-0 defeat against Stoke City on April 26, 2008. Justin was keen for his baby son to be able to say he visited the ground - now a housing estate - before the U's set up base at their plush new Community Stadium. And although he obviously has no memory of the experience, Torin has special mementos that will always connect h...

But another report following a police investigation into the care he and others received at the home found it was likely that ulcers on his body “made a minor contribution to his death by their effects on his frailty”. Analysis of care plans put in place for Mr James, which showed he had developed a large number of sores from January 2002 and was at “high risk” of developing more, included instructions for care staff to turn him onto a different part of his body every two hours day and night to relieve his pain. But no notes indicting the progress of the plan were ever found, an...