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Complainant Name: Clauses Noted: 1 Publication: Daily Mail Complaint: Mr Kevin Dodson of Orpington complained that an article written after
his brother-in-law’s parents – Mr and Mrs Groves – had been found dead in their
home misleadingly stated as fact that Mr Groves had killed his wife and then
taken an overdose after he had been unable to cope with his wife suffering from
Alzheimer’s disease. The inquest into their deaths established that Mrs Groves
had died of ‘natural causes’ and that Mr Groves had died from alcohol
poisoning.
Resolution: The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published an apology with the following wording to the complainant’s family: Mr & Mrs James Groves
An inquest in Croydon
found that Mr and Mrs James Groves died on the same day, she from natural
causes and he from alcohol poisoning. This is contrary to our story of May 15,
based on an earlier briefing from a senior source, which suggested he might
have taken his wife’s life and then committed suicide. We apologise to the
family for the distress caused by our report.
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