The death of a Staffordshire man in a mental hospital cannot be linked to a serious assault he suffered four years earlier, a Hanley inquest heard.
Simon Scott, 26, was found dead at John Monroe Hospital in Leek in October 2014, the court heard.
Mr Scott had suffered a serious assault at his home on Francis Street, Pitts Hill, Tunstall, back in November 2010, which left him brain damaged, a fractured eye socket and several puncture wounds.
But today’s hearing was told by Dec Con Kevin Boyles, from Staffordshire Police, that despite an investigation they could find no link between his death and the attack, for which two men were later convicted and jailed.
Mr Scott’s mother Alison Hemmings told the inquest at Hanley town hall how her son had been an insulin dependent diabetic from the age of eight.
He had also been treated for epilepsy after a history of seizures.
She said: “I was sleeping in bed when I had a phone call from the hospital saying that Simon had passed away.
“I was shocked as I had spoken to him earlier that afternoon and he seemed fine.”
Toxicologist Sandra Carter confirmed her findings which showed no signs of an overdose and that only prescribed medication was found in Mr Scott’s body.
She said it was not clear if the levels were suitable to manage his health conditions.
Mental health nurse John Gutkowski, from Macclesfield, was on night duty at the hospital on the evening of Mr Scott’s death.
He told the inquest he went to his room at 10pm to administer epilepsy medication, but did not do so as Mr Scott was asleep.
Mr Gutkowski added: “I did not want to wake Simon as he had become physically and verbally abusive to nurses in the past, when they have woken him.”
During regular staff checks, Mr Scott was found unresponsive in his room an hour later.
Mr Gutkowski continued: “I took over from one of the staff members to do a CPR massage.
“Eventually the paramedics arrived and we did CPR for another 45 minutes.”
Mr Scott was pronounced dead by a paramedic at 11.53pm.
The inquest at Hanley Town Hall will continue tomorrow (October 6).
(additional reporting by Lauren Maskrey)
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