BRIAN CUNNINGHAM, 79

FORMER wartime pilot Arthur Cunningham, known to family as Brian, was 79 when he went in to the hospital in September 199 suffering from bed sores.

He had Parkinson’s Disease, and a combination of medical problems meant he could be cantankerous.

On his first night Mr Cunningham became agitated so staff gave him diamorphine to help calm him. The dose was increased four-fold over the following days – and he died five days later.

An inquest concluded he had been overdosed. His step-son Charles Farthing said yesterday: ‘Barton was utterly reckless in her prescribing.’