Former security guard who killed nine cats and injured seven more in East Sussex died less than a year into his five-year sentence
The Royal Navy veteran nicknamed thecat killer died from Covid-19 while receiving end of life care for cancer in prison, a coroner has found.
At an inquest in Maidstone, Kent, coroner Patricia Harding ruled that Bouquet died of natural causes, with the medical cause of death Covid-19 pneumonitis, and a secondary cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Harding said it was not clear where Bouquet contracted coronavirus but he had tested positive for the illness on 28 December, a day after he was admitted to Medway Maritime hospital for a cough and breathing difficulties.
Harding said: “Despite whatever measures, he was too weak to fight the infection and sadly he died on January 5 2022, on his 55th birthday.” Harding said she was satisfied that the prison followed national guidance during the pandemic to minimise the spread of the virus.
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