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The Sun
4 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
Sick crimes of morgue rapist David Fuller ‘could be REPEATED unless bodies are better cared for'
THE sickening crimes of morgue rapist David Fuller could be repeated unless bodies are better cared for, an inquiry has warned. Fuller, 68, was jailed for life in 2021 for sexually assaulting 101 female corpses while working as a maintenance engineer at NHS hospitals. The inquiry has already ruled better management and security could have prevented his crimes at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in Kent. Now it has concluded regulation of the care of people after death is 'partial, ineffective and, in significant areas, completely absent'. Chairman Sir Jonathan Michael said: 'I have come to the conclusion that the current arrangements for the regulation and oversight of the care of people after death are partial, ineffective and, in significant areas, completely absent. 'I have concluded that it is entirely possible that such offences could be repeated, particularly in those sectors that lack any form of statutory regulation.' More than half a million British people die every year, with 568,613 in England and Wales in 2024. Sir Jonathan added he was concerned there are no industry standards for caring for dead people, and that anyone could become a funeral director without any qualifications. He said there is a 'cultural reluctance' to accept bodies can be abused. He went on: 'I am not confident arrangements currently in place satisfactorily protect the deceased from the risk of abuse.' 'I urge all those involved in the care of people after death to question whether they uphold the same standards as they would if that person were alive. 'The deceased are as vulnerable as the living and they are worthy of the same protection. 'The harm inflicted on David Fuller's victims and the hurt and trauma experienced by their families must never be repeated.' MORGUE monster David Fuller was free to assault dead women for 15 years due to 'serious failings' at the hospitals where he worked, a report found. The double killer abused at least 101 women while working at mortuaries in Tunbridge Wells Hospital and at the former Kent and Sussex Hospital. A probe found there were "missed opportunities" to stop the necrophiliac's 15-year rampage. His youngest victim was a nine-year-old girl and the oldest was 100 years old, with Fuller sometimes violating the bodies more than once. Inquiry chairman Sir Jonathan Michael said: "Failures of management, of governance, of regulation, failure to follow standard policies and procedures, together with a persistent lack of curiosity, all contributed to the creation of the environment in which he was able to offend, and to do so for 15 years without ever being suspected or caught. "Over the years, there were missed opportunities to question Fuller's working practices. "Had his colleagues, managers and senior leaders been more curious, it is likely that he would have had less opportunity to offend."
Telegraph
5 days ago
- Health
- Telegraph
Crimes of necrophiliac killer could be repeated, inquiry finds
Harrowing mortuary crimes committed by necrophiliac killer David Fuller, who abused at least 100 deceased women and girls, could be repeated, an inquiry has found. The final report of the inquiry provoked by his crimes also found that 'current arrangements for the regulation and oversight of the care of people after death are partial, ineffective and in significant areas completely absent'. The maintenance worker sexually abused the bodies of more than 100 women and girls aged between nine and 100 while employed at the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital, in Pembury, between 2005 and 2020. As the report was published on Tuesday, Sir Jonathan Michael, its chairman, said the inquiry was the first time that the 'security and dignity' of people after death had been reviewed so comprehensively. He added that the weaknesses that allowed Fuller to offend for so long were not confined to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, where he worked. Sir Jonathan said: 'I have found examples in other hospital and non-hospital settings across the country. 'The security and dignity of people after death, do not feature in the governance arrangements of many organisations which are caring for the deceased. 'I have therefore come to the conclusion that the current arrangements for the regulation and oversight of the care of people after death are partial, ineffective and, in significant areas, completely absent. 'I have asked myself whether there could be a recurrence of the appalling crimes committed by David Fuller. I have concluded that yes, it is entirely possible that such offences could be repeated, particularly in those sectors that lack any form of statutory regulation.' Fuller was already serving a whole-life sentence for the sexually motivated murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, in two separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 1987 when police uncovered his abuse in hospital mortuaries. In November 2023 the first phase of the inquiry, which looked at his employer Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, found Fuller was able to offend for 15 years without being caught owing to 'serious failings' at the hospitals where he worked. Sir Jonathan said the Government 'must' introduce statutory regulations to protect the 'security and dignity' of people after death. There was 'little regard' given to who was accessing the mortuary, with Fuller visiting it 444 times in a year – something that went 'unnoticed and unchecked', the inquiry found. In October last year, Sir Jonathan called for urgent regulation of the funeral industry, which he called an 'unregulated free-for-all'. The interim review highlighted alleged incidents including a funeral assistant taking photos of a person being embalmed, of people being left to decompose or covered in mouldy sheets, and the sexual assault of a dead woman by a funeral director in the 1990s. Warning that the system is fundamentally flawed, he found that owing to lack of regulation anyone could set themselves up as a funeral director, work at home and keep bodies in their garages if they wished.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Crimes of necrophiliac killer Fuller ‘could be repeated', inquiry finds
Harrowing mortuary crimes committed by necrophiliac killer David Fuller, who abused at least 100 deceased women and girls, could be repeated, an inquiry has found. The final report of the inquiry sparked by his crimes also found that 'current arrangements for the regulation and oversight of the care of people after death are partial, ineffective and in significant areas completely absent'. The maintenance worker sexually abused the bodies of more than 100 women and girls aged between nine and 100 while employed at the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital, in Pembury, between 2005 and 2020. Speaking as the report was published on Tuesday, chairman Sir Jonathan Michael said the inquiry is the first time that the 'security and dignity' of people after death has been reviewed so comprehensively. He said that the weaknesses that allowed Fuller to offend for so long were not confined to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust where the killer worked. 'I have found examples in other hospital and non-hospital settings across the country. 'The security and dignity of people after death, do not feature in the governance arrangements of many organisations which are caring for the deceased,' Sir Jonathan said. 'I have therefore come to the conclusion that the current arrangements for the regulation and oversight of the care of people after death are partial, ineffective and, in significant areas, completely absent. 'I have asked myself whether there could be a recurrence of the appalling crimes committed by David Fuller. I have concluded that yes, it is entirely possible that such offences could be repeated, particularly in those sectors that lack any form of statutory regulation.' Fuller was already serving a whole-life sentence for the sexually motivated murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, in two separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 1987 when police uncovered his abuse in hospital mortuaries. In November 2023 the first phase of the inquiry, which looked at his employer Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, found Fuller was able to offend for 15 years without being caught due to 'serious failings' at the hospitals where he worked. Sir Jonathan said the Government 'must' introduce statutory regulations to protect the 'security and dignity' of people after death. There was 'little regard' given to who was accessing the mortuary, with Fuller visiting 444 times in a year – something that went 'unnoticed and unchecked', the inquiry found. Then in October last year inquiry chairman Sir Jonathan Michael called for urgent regulation of the funeral industry, which he called an 'unregulated free-for-all'. The interim review highlighted alleged incidents including a funeral assistant taking photos of a person being embalmed, of people being left to decompose or covered in mouldy sheets, and the sexual assault of a dead woman by a funeral director in the 1990s. Warning that the system is fundamentally flawed, he found that due to lack of regulation anyone could set themselves up as a funeral director, work at home and keep bodies in their garages if they wished.
Business Insider
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
SS&C director buys $204K in common stock
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