Medic in rap for girl death

Airman quit RAF to travel with pet

TRAGIC Lilly-May and mum

A PARAMEDIC could have saved a five-year-old girl’s life had she used a defibrillator, a tribunal heard.

Channon Jacobs “misinterpreted” Lilly-May PageBowden’s heartbeat and lifted her to an ambulance instead of taking the lifesaving gear to her in 2014.

Defibrillation was “time critical” when the girl had a heart attack at school in Woodley, Berks, a London hearing was told, before a verdict of misconduct.

Jacobs was cautioned.

A GRIEVING RAF airman quit his job and sold everything to travel across Europe – with his pet ferret.

Charlie Hammerton, 25, was dealing with the deaths of his best friend, mother and adopted mum in just a year.

In a bid to feel more positive, he decided to travel the continent with his “best pal”, rescue ferret Bandit.

He quit his job and sold possessions including his three cars to drum up £15,000 for his dream road trip.

Starting out in February 2018 Charlie and Bandit ventured from Edinburgh to Holland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, France, Spain and Italy on their European trip. His holiday album is full of cute snaps of Bandit posing in front of an array of iconic landmarks – from the Eiffel Tower to La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Charlie, from Falmouth, Cornwall, said: “Travelling was the most amazing experience of my life and it was liberating.

“We camped under the stars in amazing

CHARLIE HAMMERTON TRAVELLED WITH FERRET places. It was beautiful and I spent it with my best friend.”

Charlie got Bandit from a rescue sanctuary in 2015.

His furry friend even stayed with him at his military digs in RAF Coningsby.

But Charlie suffered depression and suicidal thoughts after his string of heartbreaking losses in 2017.

His mum Jan died in March 2017, aged 53, after suffering with motor neurone disease, his best friend Will Moss passed away at just 22 and his adopted mum Samantha died after suffering a heart attack.

Living in Arnold, Notts, at the time he decided to turn his back on a promising career and plough almost all of his money into the adventure of a lifetime.

He said: “I developed depression, I felt suicidal. I channelled the negative and turned it into something positive.”

He has now written a book, called Before Our Adventures, and travels the country teaching outdoor education.

But there was a tragic twist in the tale when Bandit died a week after they returned to England in September 2018.

My travels were great.. liberating & beautiful. I spent it with my best pal