An alternative healer has been found guilty of the gross negligence manslaughter of a diabetic woman who died after she stopped taking her insulin at his slapping therapy workshop.
Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, was one of 30 "keen disciples" of Hongchi Xiao who attended a week-long retreat at Cleeve House in Wiltshire in October 2016, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Xiao, 61, who has no medical training, had been an "exponent" of paida lajin therapy, which sees patients being slapped or slapping themselves repeatedly, for 10 years.
Mrs Carr-Gomm, from Lewes, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1998 and had sought alternatives to insulin injections because of her vegetarianism and fear of needles.
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