Frances Cappuccini Caesarean death trial halted

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A doctor and hospital trust have been cleared of the manslaughter of a woman who died hours after a Caesarean birth, after a landmark trial collapsed.

Mr Justice Coulson halted the trial of Dr Errol Cornish and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, saying it would be "unsafe and unfair" to go on.

Frances Cappuccini, 30, died after suffering a haemorrhage at Tunbridge Wells Hospital on 9 October 2012.

It was the first prosecution of an NHS trust for corporate manslaughter.

Dr Cornish, 67, of Holmbury Park, Bromley, south-east London, a consultant anaesthetist, denied manslaughter by gross negligence.