Conspiracy theorist mum ‘influenced’ daughter who died after rejecting chemotherapy
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A Cambridge graduate who died after refusing chemotherapy was ‘adversely influenced’ by her conspiracy theory mum, a coroner had ruled.
Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed on July 19 last year and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital where she died five days later.
She had earlier declined treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and instead followed an ‘alternative’ treatment plan including daily coffee enemas advised by her parents.
An osteopath who saw Paloma on the morning she collapsed said he had ‘never seen’ a lymphoid mass like hers in 43 years of practice.
On Thursday at Kent and Medway Coroner’s Court in Maidstone, coroner Catherine Wood concluded that their influence on Miss Shemirani ‘more than minimally’ contributed to her death.
Paloma’s twin brother Gabriel Shemirani told the inquest ‘I blame my mother entirely for my sister’s death’, by ‘obstructing’ his sister from receiving treatment.
Mr Shemirani alleged that he and his siblings ‘felt unsafe’ around their mother and that she had been ‘emotionally distant’ and physically abusive to them as children.
Outside the court, he said the state had ‘failed’ by not reclassifying his sister’s death as an unlawful killing, despite recognising a breach in their duty of care.
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