A teenager who murdered his girlfriend in their flat was moved to HMP Forest Bank after coming under threat from fellow inmates.
08.07.2023 - 11:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A prisoner jailed for stabbing a friend following a row over a bus pass died in custody after 'unnecessary delays' to his cancer treatment following his diagnosis, a watchdog has said after an investigation.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) said it found faults in the care of Felix Petersen, who was jailed for four years in 2021 for attacking a man with a large kitchen knife in Hulme.
Peterson, then aged 66 and of Moss Lane East, Hulme, slashed at Daniel Savage after becoming aggressive as the pair drank vodka in a flat on Greenheys Lane in January that year. He admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
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While serving his sentence at Wrexham prison HMP Berwyn Petersen, who had cancer, died at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. An investigation by the PPO found samples taken from him towards the end of his life were sent to the wrong laboratory, with some going missing, reports North Wales Live.
This didn't have an effect on the outcome - his death - but the watchdog ordered the prison's health bosses to review their procedures, reveals a report.
The PPO, who looks into deaths in custody, found he died in Wrexham Maelor Hospital on July 11, 2022 of sepsis - a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an infection - caused by metastatic lung cancer.
It said a clinical reviewer found Petersen’s suspected cancer was investigated at the earliest opportunity, to ensure he could receive the appropriate treatment and care.
But the now published report of the investigation said the PPO was 'concerned to find that there were unnecessary delays to Petersen’s cancer treatment following diagnosis'.
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A teenager who murdered his girlfriend in their flat was moved to HMP Forest Bank after coming under threat from fellow inmates.
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