A 71-year-old diabetic woman was left “howling in pain” before she died after she stopped taking insulin at a workshop run by an alternative healer who she described as a “messenger sent by God”.
He said the participants signed a disclaimer form which stated the practice was not “meant for medical treatment” and they fasted for several days, only consuming a Chinese tea. Mr Atkinson said that on the Wednesday, Mrs Carr-Gomm had not attended the workshop and she was seen to be “vomiting, tired and weak”.She had also been moved from her bed to a mattress on the floor because she had fallen out of bed.
“It also underlined that the decision to seek help, to intervene, had to come from the defendant as the others relied on him and his interpretation of what was happening.”Hongchi Xiao was standing trial at Winchester Crown CourtHe added: “Whilst she was conscious, she could have received medical care, including the administration of insulin, and this would have saved her.
Mr Atkinson said: “Xiao knew that Danielle Carr-Gomm by stopping her insulin injections had created a source of danger, and he was all too aware that it was a source of danger.
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