An NHS trust and ward manager have been found guilty of serious safety failings after 22-year-old Alice Figueiredo killed herself in a mental health hospital where she had made more than 10 previous attempts to self-harm using the same materials.
Jurors at the Old Bailey found that North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) failed to ensure the safety of a non-employee at Goodmayes Hospital in Redbridge, where Ms Figueiredo died on July 7 2015.
Ward manager Benjamin Aninakwa, 53, from Essex, was also found guilty of failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of patients on the Hepworth Ward.
Both the Trust and Aninakwa had denied wrongdoing but declined to give evidence during the trial.
Aninakwa was cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence, while the trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter. However, the jury found both had committed health and safety breaches which exposed patients to risk.
