Nurse accused of killing Alice Figueiredo, who suffocated herself with a bin bag

An NHS nurse accused of manslaughter after failing to remove the bin bags a patient used to suffocate herself will enter pleas next week. Benjamin Aninakwa, 52, was manager of an acute psychiatric ward at Goodmayes Hospital, where Alice Figueiredo, 22, died on 7 July 2015. There had been 18 previous occasions where Ms Figueiredo had obtained a bin bag in self harm attempts, the Old Bailey heard. Aninakwa is also accused of not taking measures to ensure ‘an adequate…