Linguist strangled on ‘secure’ ward

A gifted linguist who fell victim to mental illness was strangled to death on a secure psychiatric ward where his family thought he would be safe, a court heard. Hugo Flint-Cahan, 34, was found ‘kneeling on the floor’ bleeding from injuries to his head and face at the Newham Centre for Mental Health in east London on 3 January this year. Rolando Torres-Pena, 22 had strangled to him to death. Emergency services attended but Mr Flint-Cahan was pronounced dead at…