Stroke patient, 75, died as she lay helpless in hospital bed *content warning - sexual assault MNHQ*

This is so awful. That poor lady.

So awful, Bail?how? Surely they have DNA evidence so he’s only not guilty until the end of trial. Surely he is a danger to women everywhere.

Agree about headline. Man rapes stroke patient who bleeds to death as a result of injuries on an NHS ward is more accurate.

To the person that asked about what else is going on at the hospital well there were allegations of mistreatment and neglect at the hospital as well as poisonings and there was something else cannot remember what but I think all on the stroke unit.

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This is utterly grotesque. For this violent act perpetrated by a man to happen to a vulnerable and defenceless woman in hospital, and for her to die from her injuries without anyone even knowing what had happened. It makes me feel sick. And the hospital was already under investigation because of incidents of poisoning FFS.

My very elderly mother was in hospital for almost three weeks last year at the end of her life, and nobody was allowed to visit her because of Covid. She was totally alone and dependent on the staff to take care of her and keep her safe from harm. It makes me so distressed to read a story like this and my heart goes out to the Kneale family. I can’t even begin to imagine what they must be feeling to hear that the male perpetrator is out on bail.

Absolutely, there’s too much use of passive voice in reporting violence against women.

Every single time this happens it should reflect male violence. Man kills wife and family. Man rapes woman. Man attacks woman.

Good, we need more of us to come out and state this, vocally and hard. I wonder how we can push media reporting to be "clear it is men and male violence that is the source of all these crimes being inflicted on women." ?

I completely agree. Man rapes woman to death is the correct headline. Those boys who attacked the girls where one fell between the train and the tracks is the same. Male gang attacks girls. should be the headline, not 'woman knocked on track by teens'.

Every single time this happens it should reflect male violence. Man kills wife and family. Man rapes woman. Man attacks woman.

All these headlines seem as though women are just being attacked randomly. If every single time the word male or man was included, it would be very recognisable, very quickly.

Absolutely. Reporting in media needs to be clear it is men and male violence that is the source of all these crimes being inflicted on women.

Every single time this happens it should reflect male violence. Man kills wife and family. Man rapes woman. Man attacks woman.

All these headlines seem as though women are just being attacked randomly. If every single time the word male or man was included, it would be very recognisable, very quickly.

Maybe male nurses and support workers shouldn’t be allowed to work on any women’s wards in hospitals. And yes we should have women only wards.

Prioritise safeguarding.

This poor woman and her family. There are not enough hateful words to describe the monster that did this.

I think rape like this (presumably easy to prove by DNA) should be punished by castration, manual, not chemical.

I don't blame the system, I blame the person who did it.

If the system allows this to keep happening I think it needs to change. Fast. And they need to be allowed to recognise who is male and who is female.
More here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/03/blackpool-hospital-worker-arrested-on-suspicion-of-and

There are several investigations running at the same Stroke Unit.

That poor woman and her family, like a stroke isn't horrible enough in the first place. Cases like this do make it hard not to wish we had the death penalty - and I'm normally 100% against it.

I don't blame the system, I blame the person who did it.

This is one of those stories where it's so horrific I struggle to believe it's true. How can someone be so wicked. It's just beyond belief.

This is absolutely horrific. I feel sick.

And he was let out on bail??? What the all in hell fuck? Really??

Why is he on bail?!?

Poor woman.

I hope this guy gets life for this horrible crime.

This is horrific.
This violence and entitlement is abhorrent.

Safeguarding MUST BE PRIORITISED.

I object to the phrase “died after being raped”. That makes it sound like the two events weren’t causally related. It should say she was “raped to death” because that’s what happened. Poor woman and family. I hope it’s clear in the court case that the rape caused her death.

This is horrendous! I have been reading about male violence on women for some weeks now and thinking, we need marches/ action. Some of the cases I have read about make me wonder if a lot of men simply resent/ hate women!

I feel so awful reading this.

That’s my local hospital. My mother has regular strokes. One of my closest friends works on the stroke unit and when the investigation into the poisoning was ongoing (round about the same time this poor woman was raped and died) she was so shocked and really quite angered as staff on the wards were being kept in the dark and they were finding out more about what was going on inside their unit from the local press. There was a policy of silence really on the wards. At the time we had a relative on one of the stroke wards who later died in there.

Worst of all, I knew the Kneale family growing up. It’s utterly devastating. And could have happened to any of our Mum’s here. If mine has to go back in there I’m parking myself beside her and never leaving. She’s already felt uncomfortable on mixed wards in the past. But a hospital should be the safest of spaces. The idea a staff member could do this is so awful and sickening. My heart goes out to the family.

There was also a case of a teenage boy climbing into the window of a local rest home in St Annes (very near where I live) who raped a very elderly woman in her bed. That lady also later died. What is wrong with these men?

He was bailed ? A suspected dangerous murderous sexually violet pervert was set loose?

Women’s safety really is of no importance is it?

And we get vilified for holding a vigil after being told we are responsible for protecting ourselves from male violence.

Words fail me. 😭

JFC.

That fucking bastard, I hope he rots in jail. What the hell is happening in this world, this has made me so so angry and upset.

Absolutely horrific. Poor, poor woman. What an awful way to die. There really is no place where women are safe from men's depraved violence. It makes me so angry and upset.