A judge who jailed a “dangerous” alternative therapist for killing a diabetic woman at a slap therapy workshop after she stopped taking insulin has warned there is “a significant risk of history repeating itself”.
Daniel Kergom, 71, was “groaning in pain” and “foaming at the mouth” before passing away on the fourth day of a Paida Radine therapy event in October 2016.
In court, the defendant wanted to call an ambulance, but the defendant, who believed he was a “messenger sent from God”, told the defendant, who was no longer taking his medication, “good job” and sought medical help. I heard that it wasn’t possible.
Hongqi Hsiao, of Cloudbreak, California, was found guilty by a jury at Winchester Crown Court of manslaughter by gross negligence of Ker Gom, of Lewes, East Sussex, in July.
The 61-year-old was extradited to stand trial from Australia, where he was previously charged with the death of a six-year-old boy whose parents stopped taking his insulin medication after attending one of the defendant’s workshops in Sydney. Ta.
On Friday, Mr Hsiao was sentenced to 10 years in prison at Winchester Crown Court. He was also sentenced to an additional five years on license after his time in prison.
After handing down the sentence, the judge warned that the “unabated belief” in Paida Razin that Mr. Hsiao and his supporters still held was at serious risk.
Judge Bright told the defendant: “I am convinced that when he completes his sentence there is a grave risk that history will repeat itself. This will mean serious harm to the public.” In this regard, I consider you dangerous. ”
The trial heard that Kerr-Gomm, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1999, became seriously ill and was “groaning in pain” before dying on the fourth day of a workshop at Cleeve House, Wiltshire. I asked.
KC prosecutor Duncan Atkinson previously told the court Ms Carr-Gomm had sought an alternative to insulin treatment for type 1 diabetes due to her vegetarian diet and fear of needles.
She first attended a Paida Razin workshop (meaning “Slap and Stretch”) run by the defendant in July 2016 in Bulgaria.
Kerr Gom became seriously ill after stopping insulin medication before restarting it, and has since recovered.
The jury heard how Ms Hsiao told Ms Carl Gom “well done” after telling the group that she had stopped taking insulin and became seriously ill during a week-long retreat.
By the third day, Atkinson said, “she was vomiting, tired and weak, and by the evening was moaning in pain and unable to answer questions.”
Workshop chef Teresa Hayes told jurors that Kerr-Gomm was “deranged” and “foaming at the mouth” before he died and wanted to call an ambulance, but holistic He added that he trusted someone with extensive experience in healing methods.
Mr Atkinson explained how the defendant was unable to receive medical help for Kerr Gom, who died in the early hours of the 4th.
He said Hsiao had been an “advocate” of Paida Razin for 10 years and had written a book about it.
“This is said to be a self-healing method in which ‘toxic waste’ is removed from the body by tapping or tapping parts of the body,” Atkinson said.
It added: “He has no medical qualifications or training.”
According to prosecutors, the defendant also wrote in his book, “Doctors are brainwashed by pharmaceutical companies and act as salespeople for their drugs.”
Giving evidence during the trial, Mr Hsiao said he would “never” persuade anyone who needed insulin not to take it, adding that insulin was “useful”.
The court heard that Ms. Ker-Gum provided evidence of Mr. Hsiao, describing him as a “messenger sent by God” and “to take power back into the hands of the people, to heal themselves, and to start a revolution that will change the whole thing.” “I’m trying to do that,” he said. Medical System”.
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