Evil Scots killer who dumped victim's body in wheelie bin dies after refusing cancer treatment
dailyrecord.co.ukA convicted double murderer died from natural causes following complications of lung cancer after refusing treatment, a sheriff was held.Robert Chalmers, who was in custody at Edinburgh's Saughton jail as he served his second life sentence, died at the city's Western General Hospital on April 4 last year two days before his 70th birthday.
A fatal accident inquiry was held at Edinburgh Sheriff Court following his death and Sheriff Alistair Noble held that no accident took place.
The sheriff said that Chalmers, who was described as 'stubborn', had refused treatment on various occasions and at the end of his life elected to have only palliative care.
He said: "He died from complications of the lung carcinoma which first manifested itself within two months of the date of his death." Chalmers had been taken to hospital from prison complaining of pain but on March 31 last year began to refuse all food and oral medication.
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