‘Slapping therapy’ healer jailed for gross negligence manslaughter of woman
Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, fell fatally ill after she stopped taking insulin for type 1 diabetes during Hongchi Xiao’s retreat
An alternative healer who promoted a “slapping therapy” taken up by millions of people across the world has been jailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of a British woman who died at one of his workshops in Wiltshire.
Hongchi Xiao was sentenced to 15 years after a jury found him guilty of the manslaughter of Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, who had type 1 diabetes and fell fatally ill after she stopped taking her insulin and fasted during one of his paida lajin therapy retreats.
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