To his family he was "gentle, quirky, hilarious" and deeply loved. He loved buses, Eddie Stobart, and speaking his mind. Connor Sparrowhawk also enjoyed watching the Mighty Boosh, lying in the sunshine and eating cake.
He was known as Laughing Boy or LB. But a decade ago the autistic 18-year-old died in a specialist NHS unit. Like one in four people with learning disabilities he also had epilepsy.
In March 2013 he was admitted to the Short Term Assessment and Treatment Team Unit (STATT) run by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
in Oxford. On July 4th that year he drowned in the bath as a result of an epileptic seizure. He was behind a locked door and no member of staff was on hand to help him.
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