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Joshua Gafney death: Nurse Amanda Young on trial | Joshua Gafney death: Nurse Amanda Young on trial |
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A nurse killed a patient with a "massive overdose" of an anti-psychotic drug, a court has heard. | A nurse killed a patient with a "massive overdose" of an anti-psychotic drug, a court has heard. |
Amanda Young is accused of administering a lethal dose of the drug to Joshua Gafney, 22, at his home in February 2012. | Amanda Young is accused of administering a lethal dose of the drug to Joshua Gafney, 22, at his home in February 2012. |
Bristol Crown Court was told Mr Gafney had been given 14 times the amount of clozapine needed to treat him. | Bristol Crown Court was told Mr Gafney had been given 14 times the amount of clozapine needed to treat him. |
Ms Young, 40, from Yeovil, denies manslaughter by gross negligence. Her trial is expected to last three weeks. | Ms Young, 40, from Yeovil, denies manslaughter by gross negligence. Her trial is expected to last three weeks. |
Mr Gafney had serious mental health issues and was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, the court heard. | Mr Gafney had serious mental health issues and was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, the court heard. |
Prosecuting, John Price QC told the jury Mr Gafney had been given a "massive overdose" of a drug he had been prescribed to treat a serious condition he had. | Prosecuting, John Price QC told the jury Mr Gafney had been given a "massive overdose" of a drug he had been prescribed to treat a serious condition he had. |
Ms Young was instructed to administer 6ml - a little more than a teaspoon - of clozapine to Mr Gafney but the court heard she "hadn't seen" the dosage written on the medication. | |
Instead she poured six bottles into a glass for him. | |
She mistakenly believed each 14ml bottle contained 50mg of clozapine when in fact this figure was per millilitre - meaning a single container actually had 700mg inside, the court heard. | |
His mother, Tina Marren, immediately raised concerns at the half-full glass but Ms Young allegedly replied: "I know, we will put a bit of water with it". | |
Mr Gafney drank the glass, containing 84ml, and was pronounced dead two hours later. | |
Mr Price said there was "no doubt" Ms Young gave the "fatal dose" and that "she was at fault for his death," he said. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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