A nursing home company has been fined ã70,000 after an 89-year-old resident became trapped in a bed rail and died.
Elizabeth Roberts died of asphyxiation when her head and neck got trapped between the headboard and cot sides fitted to stop her falling out.
At Mold Crown Court, Dee Vale Homecare Services Ltd, which owns Headlands Nursing Home, Llangollen, Denbighshire, admitted a health and safety breach.
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Elizabeth Roberts died of asphyxiation when her head and neck got trapped between the headboard and cot sides fitted to stop her falling out.
At Mold Crown Court, Dee Vale Homecare Services Ltd, which owns Headlands Nursing Home, Llangollen, Denbighshire, admitted a health and safety breach.
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