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18.04.2023 - 09:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A prisoner who attacked a woman died in hospital amid delays in an application for compassionate leave.
Owen Maughan was jailed in 2020 after he battered a woman in Blackburn with a metal pole, LancsLive reports. Within months of his 18 month sentence, he became seriously ill.
Maughan, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, was moved from HMP Lancaster Farms to HMP Preston so he could receive 24-hour health care. He was then treated between the prison and the Royal Preston Hospital, where he died without his family able to be by his side.
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An application for compassionate leave and early release from prison was delayed due to the prison not being provided medical information from the hospital. An investigation into his death by the Prisons and Probations Ombudsman (PPO) found that Lancaster Farms started an application for Early Release on Compassionate Grounds on Mr Maughan’s behalf.
However, the investigation found: "The prison could not complete the application because the hospital did not provide them with medical evidence of Mr Maughan’s condition. The prison chased the hospital for this information on several occasions."
Upon Maughan's admittance to Lancaster in May 2020, an initial health screen was carried out, with his pre-existing conditions noted and his observations found to be within the normal range. However, a secondary screen was not carried out as required.
In October of that year, Maughan was taken to hospital after vomiting blood and was diagnosed with bleeding in his stomach, high blood pressure and alcoholic liver disease. After around three weeks of specialist care, he was moved to HMP Preston but remained under the authority
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