Patient killed herself after nurse left bin bags in toilet

A woman who had tried to kill or harm herself 39 times took her own life at a mental health hospital after a nurse failed to remove bin bags from a communal toilet, a court heard. Benjamin Aninakwa, 52, was manager of an acute psychiatric ward at Goodmayes Hospital, where Alice Figueiredo, 22, was found dead on 7 July 2015. Aninakwa denies gross negligence manslaughter for failing to take the necessary steps to manage that risk that Ms Figueredo posed…

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