06/04/2017

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:00:09. > :00:16.an inquest jury finds that police interaction didn't help

:00:17. > :00:20.the situation surrounding the killing of Robert Cox.

:00:21. > :00:24.The deaths of a new mum and her baby - an inquiry outlines

:00:25. > :00:38.And tomorrow will bring conditions similar to today. I'm good deal of

:00:39. > :00:42.sunshine around. Details at the end the programme.

:00:43. > :00:45.Robert Cox was stabbed to death by another resident

:00:46. > :00:46.in their supported accommodation in Bristol.

:00:47. > :00:49.Today an inquest jury found that a lack of on-site support

:00:50. > :00:50.and poor police interaction exacerbated the situation.

:00:51. > :01:03.Sue Cox has spent years trying to get answers

:01:04. > :01:08.He had mental health problems and ended up in this supported

:01:09. > :01:11.accommodation in Egerton Road, Bristol.

:01:12. > :01:15.On the night he died he'd gone swimming with his stepsister,

:01:16. > :01:19.niece and nephew, his dad and the two children

:01:20. > :01:22.and when he was left at 7:30 that evening,

:01:23. > :01:30.That evening was the 9th August 2013.

:01:31. > :01:35.Robert Cox was stabbed to death by another resident, Derek Hancock.

:01:36. > :01:37.Hancock had a history of paranoia, delusional behaviour

:01:38. > :01:43.and making false allegations of sexual harassment.

:01:44. > :01:49.On the night, Derek Hancock phoned police, making false allegations

:01:50. > :01:55.The police came and spoke to Hancock, but after they'd gone,

:01:56. > :02:02.His third and final call became the subject of an investigation

:02:03. > :02:08.Call handler Susan Akerman does say police "will deal with it".

:02:09. > :02:11.But Derek Hancock goes on: "I will take the law

:02:12. > :02:15.into my own hands because the law is not doing anything."

:02:16. > :02:21."Well, that's entirely up to you Derek, OK?"

:02:22. > :02:26.She doesn't say don't do that, which I would think a call handler

:02:27. > :02:28.should be saying to anybody, mental health patient

:02:29. > :02:33.I understand the police watchdog agreed, but didn't think

:02:34. > :02:37.Ms Akerman's actions contributed to Robert Cox's death.

:02:38. > :02:41.But the watchdog did say she may have gone on to give them false

:02:42. > :02:46.and misleading information, which she denied.

:02:47. > :02:51.Ms Akerman didn't want to do an interview but has told

:02:52. > :02:54.the coroner here she'd had no training about mental health

:02:55. > :02:59.and she didn't know Hancock had such problems.

:03:00. > :03:02.Speaking about that call, she said he hadn't given

:03:03. > :03:06.the impression he was going to go on to do what he did,

:03:07. > :03:09.and that she took three or four calls a day from

:03:10. > :03:15.Police say they're committed to learning lessons.

:03:16. > :03:19.But Sue Cox has had to fight for answers.

:03:20. > :03:23.A serious case review was critical about the agencies involved.

:03:24. > :03:32.But she forced an independent investigation which found the case

:03:33. > :03:34.review wasn't sufficiently in-depth or inquisitive, and...

:03:35. > :03:37."The process floundered" and it's not surprising

:03:38. > :03:46.It makes you question whether there are other cases

:03:47. > :03:49.where the same questions, the same evidence, the same

:03:50. > :03:52.problems are arising with serious case reviews.

:03:53. > :03:54.The Bristol Adult Safeguarding Board has apologised

:03:55. > :04:02.The group which ran Egerton Road said it's carried out risk

:04:03. > :04:04.assessments and that Robert's death couldn't have been predicted.

:04:05. > :04:07.But for Sue and her family, the battle isn't over.

:04:08. > :04:19.We believe there is more work to be done to prevent future deaths.

:04:20. > :04:22.Mistakes made in the care of a new mum, with a history

:04:23. > :04:24.of mental health problems, have been detailed in

:04:25. > :04:28.Charlotte Bevan was able to walk out of a maternity

:04:29. > :04:30.ward in Bristol with her four-day-old baby, unchallenged.

:04:31. > :04:32.Both mother and child would later be found dead.

:04:33. > :04:35.Andrew Plant has been looking at the review findings.

:04:36. > :04:38.Charlotte Bevan's walk out of her maternity ward was captured

:04:39. > :04:43.Wearing slippers and with her four-day-old baby

:04:44. > :04:45.wrapped in a blanket, the 30-year-old first-time mum

:04:46. > :04:49.made her way out into a cold December evening.

:04:50. > :04:51.Charlotte had attempted suicide before, after hearing

:04:52. > :04:56.During her pregnancy she'd stopped taking the medication that

:04:57. > :05:01.controlled her schizophrenia, believing it could harm her baby.

:05:02. > :05:04.In fact, the review found there was "no definitive answer"

:05:05. > :05:07.about the safe use of medication in this case.

:05:08. > :05:11.What we will always do with patients is have an in-depth conversation

:05:12. > :05:15.with them to say your mental health needs need to be the priority

:05:16. > :05:17.because there is more risk to your child if your mental health

:05:18. > :05:20.deteriorates than of the risk of medications transferred

:05:21. > :05:26.Their bodies were found later after a search by police,

:05:27. > :05:29.the findings of today's review into her care followed closely

:05:30. > :05:33.This was a particularly difficult case to manage

:05:34. > :05:39.as long-term ill mental health and pregnancy came together.

:05:40. > :05:43.Education in schools and a general increased awareness

:05:44. > :05:52.of all mental health issues will go some way to preventing what happened

:05:53. > :05:55.It also highlighted confusion about who was responsible

:05:56. > :06:14.for monitoring Charlotte's mental health, saying...

:06:15. > :06:16.Charlotte had been gone for almost 40 minutes before

:06:17. > :06:20.At her inquest a coroner said there had been a series of failings

:06:21. > :06:23.in not recognising the symptoms of her relapse into psychosis.

:06:24. > :06:26.Today's review called for clearer rules about who was in charge

:06:27. > :06:28.for monitoring the mental health of patients like Charlotte,

:06:29. > :06:36.to stop anything similar ever happening again.

:06:37. > :06:40.Since Charlotte Bevan's death in 2014, changes have already been

:06:41. > :06:43.made to support pregnant women with severe psychiatric disorders.

:06:44. > :06:48.Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset have managed

:06:49. > :06:51.to secure ?1.2 million of government funding for a team of health

:06:52. > :06:56.visitors and nurses to give women at high risk extra support

:06:57. > :07:01.And funding has been agreed for another four-bed maternity

:07:02. > :07:05.secure unit in the South West, although the exact location

:07:06. > :07:13.A girl reported missing from Wiltshire has been found.

:07:14. > :07:16.Emily Henslowe hadn't been seen since the morning,

:07:17. > :07:22.but police say she is now safe and well.

:07:23. > :07:24.Meanwhile, people living in Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire

:07:25. > :07:26.joined the search today for a missing 71-year-old woman.

:07:27. > :07:28.Hazel Denham was last seen walking her dog

:07:29. > :07:35.Her family say her disappearance is out of character.

:07:36. > :07:38.The true cost of Bristol City's defeat away to Preston

:07:39. > :07:41.earlier this week is greater than you might think.

:07:42. > :07:44.Today the squad announced they'll refund the ticket price for every

:07:45. > :07:49.fan who travelled to see the team lose 5-0 on Tuesday.

:07:50. > :07:54.312 made the trip, at an average cost of ?20 per ticket.

:07:55. > :08:04.McGeady into the six yard box, it's a chance to make it five.

:08:05. > :08:10.But this is now getting humiliating and not what you need when you're

:08:11. > :08:16.Four goals conceded in 21 second-half minutes,

:08:17. > :08:20.described as a capitulation by City head coach Lee Johnson.

:08:21. > :08:24.So the players have decided to do something about it.

:08:25. > :08:28.Our performance wasn't good enough so the players have come together

:08:29. > :08:33.and the club and decided the players will refund those 312 fans

:08:34. > :08:37.But what those fans really wanted was some points

:08:38. > :08:42.from the game although the gesture is still appreciated.

:08:43. > :08:45.They are willing to acknowledge that they were responsible

:08:46. > :08:49.for an utterly dismal performance on Tuesday night.

:08:50. > :08:53.I can't dress it up as much as I want to because I always

:08:54. > :08:55.like to find the positive out of anything but Tuesday night,

:08:56. > :08:58.that first 20 minutes of the second half was utterly dismal.

:08:59. > :09:00.The manner of the defeat once again raised questions

:09:01. > :09:06.There's going to be media speculation given the position

:09:07. > :09:12.we're in, but it's positive now, of course everybody wants to know

:09:13. > :09:17.what went wrong and a lot went wrong but we have to move forward.

:09:18. > :09:20.And that involves repaying the fans - not financially

:09:21. > :09:29.but with a much-needed win here against Wolves on Saturday.

:09:30. > :09:34.There's more news on the BBC website and of course on your local

:09:35. > :09:36.BBC Radio radio stations wherever you are.

:09:37. > :09:42.We're back with you tomorrow in breakfast from 6:30pm.

:09:43. > :09:45.We're back with you tomorrow in breakfast from 6:30am.

:09:46. > :09:47.But for now I'll say goodnight and leave you with Ian

:09:48. > :09:58.Once again today the cloud forecast was a mist and at least the end

:09:59. > :10:03.result was a good one in terms of sunshine. Tomorrow will bring

:10:04. > :10:08.similar issues in terms of engaging the cloud versus unsigned but it

:10:09. > :10:14.looks like it should be somewhere to the one we had, so a fine day with a

:10:15. > :10:19.fair amount of sunshine. The night temperatures could drop low enough

:10:20. > :10:23.in some areas, parts of Somerset, to give a hint of grass frost but that

:10:24. > :10:29.shouldn't be the case for most, temperatures holding round about

:10:30. > :10:33.eight Celsius in urban areas and first thing tomorrow there might be

:10:34. > :10:38.a little mist and fog around in Dorset and Somerset but that will

:10:39. > :10:41.quickly clear, it should be a glorious morning then in the

:10:42. > :10:49.afternoon there should be some cloud but no threat of any showers, all in

:10:50. > :10:53.all pleasant through Friday. Temperatures similar to today, we

:10:54. > :10:58.saw 16 Celsius in some spots and will again tomorrow. Towards the

:10:59. > :11:01.weekend we picked up a southerly flow out of France, a lot less

:11:02. > :11:11.cloud, Hello. There was some warm sunshine

:11:12. > :11:16.around today, but it's set to get even warmer this weekend. 18 Celsius

:11:17. > :11:19.in London this afternoon. This was the scene in Chiswick, much quieter

:11:20. > :11:23.than it was on Sunday for the boat race. Under the cloud for example

:11:24. > :11:27.here in Cumbria, temperatures struggled to make double figures.

:11:28. > :11:31.Through the night we're going to hang onto a lot of cloud across

:11:32. > :11:33.north-west England, North Wales, Northern Ireland and western

:11:34. > :11:37.Scotland, where there will be a bit of drizzle on the breeze. Zero skies

:11:38. > :11:40.across many southern and eastern parts of England, together with

:11:41. > :11:45.eastern Scotland and in the countryside again, temperatures

:11:46. > :11:46.won't be far away from freezing. Just briefly, at the end of