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| ITV admission over 'faked' death | |
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| ITV has admitted that an Alzheimer's patient who "passes away" in the final scene of a documentary actually died three days later. | ITV has admitted that an Alzheimer's patient who "passes away" in the final scene of a documentary actually died three days later. |
| Publicity for the programme, to be screened next month, claimed it showed the final moments of Malcolm Pointon, a composer from Cambridgeshire. | |
| ITV now says the footage was of Mr Pointon slipping into unconsciousness days earlier. | |
| It had previously defended the scene as an "integral part of the story". | |
| Director of television Simon Shaps said: "The film maker responsible, Paul Watson, has now confirmed that the film does not portray the moment of Malcolm's passing, which was in fact some days later. | |
| "This will be made clear at the end of the film on transmission and should have been made clear earlier." | |
| Mr Pointon never regained consciousness after the scene in Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell. | |
| Mr Pointon's wife, Barbara, defended ITV saying she believed he had "died" at the moment he slipped into unconsciousness. |