{"id":269703,"date":"2025-08-14T21:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/death-of-girl-14-left-alone-by-fake-id-worker-was-unlawful-jury-inquest-concludes-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:05:05","slug":"death-of-girl-14-left-alone-by-fake-id-worker-was-unlawful-jury-inquest-concludes-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/death-of-girl-14-left-alone-by-fake-id-worker-was-unlawful-jury-inquest-concludes-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of girl, 14, left alone by fake ID worker was unlawful, jury inquest concludes | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1ldxAGpGfy0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Death of girl, 14, left alone by fake ID worker was unlawful, jury inquest concludes | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ldxAGpGfy0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The death of a teenage girl from Salisbury, who was left alone at a children\u2019s mental health ward by an inexperienced agency worker using fake ID, has been ruled as an unlawful killing by an inquest jury.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Szymankiewicz was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire and had been placed under strict one-to-one observation when on February 12 2022, she was left on her own by the member of staff responsible for watching her.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-year-old was able to shut herself in her bedroom at the hospital\u2019s psychiatric intensive care unit \u2013 also known as Thames ward \u2013 where she self-harmed.<\/p>\n<p>She died two days later at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, an inquest jury sitting at Buckinghamshire Coroner\u2019s Court returned a conclusion of unlawful killing.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram:   \/ itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook:   \/ itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X:   \/ itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of a teenage girl from Salisbury, who was left alone at a children\u2019s mental health ward by an inexperienced agency worker using fake ID, has been ruled as an unlawful killing by an inquest jury. 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