Family of paedophile teacher who abused pupils had to ID body weeks after death amid prison failure
23.07.2022 - 12:43
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The family of a convicted paedophile had to identify his body 15 days after he died due to a prison and police force failing to inform the coroner's office of his death. Former teacher Ronald Wotton was serving a 16-month prison sentence when he died of colon cancer.
The 80-year-old had previously been jailed for five years in 2014 for a string of vile sex offences, Teesside Live reports. Primary school pupils would make themselves sick with washing up liquid to try to avoid Wotton's lessons as the teacher sexually abused them in front of the whole class, a court heard at the time.
Whe the terminally-ill prisoner died in May 2021, the coroner was not informed until a week later - leading to his nephew having to identify his body 15 days after he had died. A fatal incident report, published in July 2022, found that neither the prison nor the police informed the coroner's office of Wotton's death.
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And that the prison’s family liaison officer went on leave five days after the 80-year-old died, meaning there was a period of around two weeks when the next of kin had difficulty contacting anyone at the prison for support and advice. There was also poor communication over the prison’s contribution to the cost of Wotton's funeral.
The terminally-ill prisoner had multiple health conditions, including colitis, and on March 18 last year became unwell with suspected sepsis. He needed to go to hospital for treatment but the prison was unable to facilitate Wotton's transfer to hospital because there were no escort staff available, a fatal incident report has found.
Six hours later he was taken to hospital by emergency ambulance when his
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