Care home residents dead after police chase.

[shed driver]

Two elderly residents died after a stolen car crashed into a care home. The deaths occurred after they were transferred to another care home and the occupants of the car have been arrested for manslaughter. Whether there is a demonstrable link between the crash and their deaths will be difficult to prove in court.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w1n78qq8lo


SD.

[EmailAddress]

Well they presumably weren't dead before that wafer thin wall was caved in.

[shed driver]

EmailAddress said:

Well they presumably weren't dead before that wafer thin wall was caved in.

True, but they were transferred to another care home and died there.

SD.

[Badda]

shed driver said:

True, but they were transferred to another care home and died there.

SD.

So what?

[Countdown]

Badda said:

shed driver said:

True, but they were transferred to another care home and died there.

SD.

So what?

Because, unless they were injured in the actual accident, there’s no reason, on the face of it, to connect their deaths to the accident.

Old people tend to die as a result of natural causes sometimes.

[E63eeeeee...]

They really don't make brick walls like they used to.

[OutInTheShed]

A high percentage of people in care homes are 'on their way out'.
Any shock could finish them off.

But is it really manslaughter if a life is shortened by a week or two of non-quality time?
When I'm in one of these places I'll probably welcome a bit of excitement with a risk of checking out!

Or the people in this case may have been completely with-it and would have enjoyed many more months or years?

[Gareth79]

shed driver said:

EmailAddress said:

Well they presumably weren't dead before that wafer thin wall was caved in.

True, but they were transferred to another care home and died there.

SD.

It doesn't say whether they were transferred from the care home to another care home, or whether they were one of the eight people taken to hospital and then released to a care home.

If they were on part of the upper floor which collapsed then they may well have suffered some sort of bruising or internal injury which finished them off.

[Derek Smith]

OutInTheShed said:

But is it really manslaughter if a life is shortened by a week or two of non-quality time?

Take a wild guess.

[BikeBikeBIke]

Derek Smith said:

Take a wild guess.

If you're gonna kill someone make sure they have years of quality life ahead to make the life sentence worth while.

[wildone63]

No doubt both of the low lifes arrested will claim the other was driving.

[pavarotti1980]

Seems a bit more complex than a plain pursuit

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

[Ridgemont]

shed driver said:

EmailAddress said:

Well they presumably weren't dead before that wafer thin wall was caved in.

True, but they were transferred to another care home and died there.

SD.

So they died with thin wall crushing but not of it?

How very covid.

[JagLover]

I take it this is a timber frame with a brick skin?. I saw a care home being built near me that seemed to have that construction and I thought it looked rather flimsy.

As for a manslaughter charge unless there is a direct link to injuries caused by the accident then that's a no for me. Care home residents are usually close to going out in any case and just some disruption can speed that process along.