Mirror: Mum killed herself the day after police dropped her NHS rape case probe

A mum killed herself the day after she learned police had axed their inquiry into her claim she was raped at an NHS clinic by a sex offender. Kylie Payne, 23, had befriended the man when he was admitted to the mixed ward at the mental health unit where she was being treated for depression […]

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EDP: Why was a sex offender placed on a mixed gender ward at mental health unit?

Kieran Lynch of the EDP reports: Miss Payne claimed in December 2011 that she had been raped by a fellow patient, but two months later was informed that police would not press charges. She was found dead the following day, an inquest in Norwich heard. At Wednesday’s hearing, Dr Bohdan Solomka, who was Miss Payne’s

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BBC: Rape claim mental health patient ‘took own life’ at Norwich hospital

A woman on suicide watch at a mental health unit in Norwich killed herself after reporting she had been raped by a male patient, an inquest has heard. We wrote about the impact of cuts and inadequate/bank staffing on safety in secure services at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) more than a year

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