Vulnerable man, 69, found dead in tent after escaping from mental health appointment
A “vulnerable” man who was supposed to be under constant supervision died after escaping from a mental health clinic, where his carer reportedly neglected to watch him and instead sat looking at her phone.
A coroner has issued a warning following the death of Sydney Piper, 69, who was found dead in a tent in Epping Forest last March a month after he went missing.
Mr Piper had spent much of his life in supported accommodation, due to mental health problems.
As a vulnerable adult with paranoid schizophrenia and a “cognitive deficit” that caused him memory
