Sydney Piper

“The support worker who accompanied Mr [name redacted] on the day of his disappearance claimed that she did not constantly supervise Mr [name redacted] as alternatively; she did not wish to crowd him, she was allergic to cigarette smoke, and finally that she needed to rest her legs. The witness accepted that she had neither read Mr [name redacted] support plan, nor the relevant policies and procedures relevant to her duties that day.”

“Mr [name redacted] death was the latest in a series of deaths investigated by this court in which homeless persons have died in tents and encampments in wooded areas along the A406 and the periphery of Epping Forest due to high risk behaviours including, but not limited to, crush injuries, fire, third party assaults and drug misuse. The monitoring and policing of such encampments is, in the view of the court, lacking which increases the risk of fatal harm.”