Nurse McKenley cleared of manslaughter

Title

Nurse McKenley cleared of manslaughter

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Nurse Florence McKenley(?) of Essex has been cleared of manslaughter and speaks to reporter Tim Crook outside the Old Bailey. She says she feels sorry for the relatives of the 11 month-old child who died at Old Church Hospital, Romford. Ian Morris(?) of the Royal College of Nursing says that justice has been done. Mrs McKenley will now appeal against the area health authority’s decision to sack her.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Florence McKenley(?); Ian Morris

Keywords

Crime; Nurses; Hospitals; Homicide; Children (age group); Trials; Dismissal from employment; Essex; Manslaughter; Verdicts; Romford; Florence McKenley(?); Old Church Hospital; Barking, Havering and Brentwood Health Authority

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