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Groups set for tree profits A GARDEN centre has vowed to divide profits from selling Christmas trees between three community organisations in Brocken- hurst. Setley Ridge Garden Centre, based on Lymington Road, said it “wanted to give something back to the community”, so will donate to Brockenhurst Village Hall, the primary school and the village’s football club. Trees will be available from today (Friday), it said. Man in court on drug allegations A MAN will face allegations in court of drug production and supply after reports of cultivation at a Lymington property. Officers summoned the local 18-year-old on suspicion of the two matters relating to class B drugs after being alerted to an address in Tithe Barn on 9th June. The man will also stand ac- cused of importing a class B drug, possessing with intent to supply, and possessing criminal property. His case is due to be heard at South- ampton Magistrates’ Court on 23rd February 2021. Have your say on police contact PEOPLE are being asked how they would prefer to communicate with Dorset Police as part of a major survey. As well as contact meth- ods, the second phase of the force survey also wants to know how the public would like to learn more about the ongoing work carried out by officers. The questions can be viewed online at www.survey monkey.co.uk/r/partnermedia posters2 before the deadline on Monday 14th December. RBL branch raises £12,000 THE Royal British Legion Ringwood and District branch overcame Covid-19 restrictions to raise £12,566 in this year’s Poppy Appeal. Unable to have street sell- ers, house-to-house collec- tions or Poppy Shop, it was supported by poppy boxes at a reduced number of businesses and a gazebo at the Furlong shopping centre. Appeal organiser Val Aldridge said: “We missed being able to meet you all and hope we will be back to normal next year for the 100th birthday of the Poppy Appeal.”

histories currently takes place. Dr Harvala said this was “be- ing looked at” as part of the na- tional Infected Blood Inquiry. This was launched in 2017 af- ter thousands were affected by NHS testing failures during the 1970s and 1980s which led to in- fections such as HIV and hepa- titis C. Mr Coghlan’s mother told the court that despite his health is- sues, her son never complained. She said: “He was like the little engine that never gave up. “Matthew was educated in a remedial school for the educa- tionally challenged. “He was full of stories, he had a great sense of humour, and he always fought for the under- dog.” The court heard Mr Coghlan was tested for hepatitis E on 22nd October, and a positive re- sult came back on 1st Novem- ber. His sister Mandy von Bud- denbrock questioned why doc- tors did not begin treatment until her brother was admitted to hospital with acute hepati- tis on 21st November. He was suffering from liver and kidney failure. “Would it have made any sig- nificant difference if treatment had started earlier?” she asked. Dr Al-shamma, consultant hepatologist at Royal Bourne- mouth Hospital, replied: “I’ve

asked myself that same ques- tion, and I genuinely do not know the answer to it. I’ve nev- er worked on a case as compli- cated as Matthew’s.” The court heard plans were in place to manage Matthew’s condition after the positive re- sult came back, and that there was no evidence of deteriora- tion when he was seen on 6th November. Dr Al-shamma told Ms Cook that hepatitis E was now known to be “more common than we think”. “In fact, it is one of the com- monest causes of acute viral hepatitis,” he said. “Most peo- ple are asymptomatic, but in some people who are immuno- compromised, as in the case of Matthew, chronic infection can develop.” The coroner recorded the cause of death as transfu- sion-related hepatitis E infec- tion and subsequent multiple organ failure. The Infected Blood Inquiry is examining the deaths of nearly 3,000 people infected with HIV and hepatitis C through blood transfusions in the 1970s and 80s. At least 4,689 people, many of them haemophiliacs, were infected with contaminated blood products imported from the United States where high- risk donors were paid.

Transfusion contained hepatitis E, which led to organ failure

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THE case of a Ringwood man who died after contracting hep- atitis E from a transfusion has been referred to the national inquiry into hundreds of people infected with blood given by the NHS. Matthew Coghlan, who was likened by his mother to “the little engine that never gave up”, suffered multiple organ failure and died last year three months after being given blood at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, an inquest heard. The 40-year-old, who was born in South Africa, had a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome, a disorder which occurs when the marrow does not produce enough new blood cells. Mr Coghlan was due to un- dergo a dental procedure, and because he was at high risk of bleeding it was decided to give him a transfusion on the day of the planned extraction on 5th September. A few weeks later, on 16th October 2019, haematology consultant Dr David Allotey re-

Bournemouth Coroner’s Court is held at the town hall ceived a letter from NHS Blood and Transplant informing him Mr Coghlan had been given blood from a donor who had subsequently tested positive for hepatitis E, or HEV. The inquest heard this was “not a laboratory error” as the virus went undetected even though the blood donation had been properly screened for in- fection. Dr Harvala, from NHS Blood and Transplant, told the court a later blood sample taken from the same donor had shown HEV contamination. “When the viral load is lower in blood donations, infection is not detected and blood is deemed safe to give,” she ex- plained. Assistant coroner Victoria Cook asked Dr Harvala if more “detailed screening” of blood used in transfusions for pa- tients with “complex” medical

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Quick actions save the life of young sailor swept overboard

A LIFEBOAT mechanic’s quick actions were credited with sav- ing the life of a young sailor who was swept off a small dinghy by waves from a large vessel off Calshot Spit. The local RNLI worker raised the alarm after spotting the person in difficulty on board the inflatable last Friday afternoon. The lifeboat was launched, arriving to find the casualty had fallen overboard after being hit by a passing craft’s wash. They were recovered from the water and taken back to shore where they received medical treatment. No details of their condition were available. A post afterwards on the RNLI Calshot Lifeboat Face- book page said the outcome could have been very different without the fast response by the mechanic and on-scene crew. “On a grey, damp day like today with poor visibility and

The youngster was hit by wash from a large vessel (Photo credits: Paul Sleep and Paul Courcha, inset)

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significantly fewer passers-by on the water, it’s likely that we would have been sharing a very

different story in a few days’ time.” It added: “Sleep well to-

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A LYMINGTONman who made thousands of indecent images of children was spared a prison term. Andrew Burtt (51), of Mar- ram Close, appeared before Southampton Crown Court having pleaded guilty at an ear- lier hearing to three charges committed between January 2011 and September 2018. The matters related to 850 category A images – the most

serious level, 753 at B and an- other 3,175 at C. Judge Gary Burrell sentenced Burtt to a three-year com- munity order and told him to do rehabilitation activity and complete 200 hours of unpaid work. He was also told to pay £425 court costs and ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register and given a sexual harm prevention order for five years.

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