Student whose father begged doctors to keep his daughter in hospital jumped to her death hours after they let her go

A coroner yesterday criticised a hospital for discharging a  student hours before she killed herself by jumping from the 13th floor of a tower block.

Victoria Nye’s father Graham had begged doctors not to let her leave and warned staff: ‘If she goes back to her flat she will throw herself off the balcony.’

Coroner Keith Wiseman described the inquest as ‘as troubling and concerning as any I have dealt with over the best part of 20 years’.   More Read