A disgraced aristocrat died days after being given excess insulin in hospital, an inquest has heard.
Simon Howard, 66, died at York Hospital on 27 February 2022. His inquest in Northallerton, North Yorkshire heard he had "unstable diabetes" and epilepsy.Mr Howard - who ran Castle Howard from 1983 to 2015 - was found to have indecently assaulted a young girl in 1984 but was unfit to stand trial.
There he was prescribed medicine containing 24 units of insulin in the morning and 30 units of insulin in the evening before he was discharged from hospital the next day. North Yorkshire assistant coroner Sarah Watson said it was "unclear" how the discrepancy in the amount of insulin prescribed came about, particularly as a phone call was made from the hospital to Ms Sadler to check with her.Mr Howard, a father-of-two and managing director of the firm running Castle Howard, was discharged and prescribed with the higher insulin dose.
The inquest was told Mr Howard was possibly "intoxicated" when he fell down the stairs at his home in 2020.Mr Howard had been the custodian of Castle Howard - the backdrop to films and the hit TV shows Bridgerton and Brideshead Revisited.
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