Surrey Mirror published Horley care home ordered to pay £210,000 over death of...

The company running a care home in Horley has been ordered to pay £210,000 over the death of a man whose pyjamas caught fire when he was left smoking unattended.Wheelchair-bound Gordon Boxall became engulfed in flames when a cigarette he was smoking ignited his pyjamas, after he had been treated by paraffin-based creams for a skin condition.The 66-year-old, who had Parkinson's disease, died from his injuries despite being airlifted to St George's Hospital, Tooting following the tragic...

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