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Kim Pilling

SHOCKING: Hospital sexual assault victim was unlawfully killed says coroner | Mind Blowing Facts

Valerie Kneale, 75, was subjected to a violent assault while she was a patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in November 2018 (Lancashire Constabulary) -

A woman who was subjected to a violent sexual assault in hospital was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

Valerie Kneale, 75, died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 2018, four days after she was admitted following a stroke at her home in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

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