Charges made by police investigating woman’s death in Goodmayes Hospital

The charges are in relation to a womans death at Goodmayes Hospital (credit: Google Maps)

Officers investigating the death of a woman at a hospital in Ilford in 2015 have charged an NHS Trust and ward manager.

An investigation was launched in April 2016 into the death of Alice Figueiredo at Goodmayes Hospital on Tuesday, 7 July the previous year.

Alice was 22-years-old at the time and was a patient at the hospital.

Charges have been authorised following a Met investigation into her death.

Officers carried out a number of enquiries over several years and a file of evidence was referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in March 2021.

This month, the CPS authorised the Met to charge North East London NHS Foundation Trust with corporate manslaughter.

A ward manager, Benjamin Aninakwa, 52, Grays, was also charged with gross negligence manslaughter.

They’ll appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 4 October.

Detectives have met with Alice’s family and informed them of this development.

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