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Nurse tells inquest he checked on teenager moments before he was found drowned in bath at care home

An inquest is being held into the death of a boy with autism who drowned in the bath at a care home.

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Nurse tells inquest he checked on teenager moments before he was found drowned in the bath at care home

Connor Sparrowhawk drowned in the bath at Slade House in Headington Credit: ITV

The nurse in charge of looking after a teenager who was found drowned in a bath at a care home in Oxfordshire has told an inquest he had checked on him just moments before. Connor Sparrowhawk, who was 18 and had learning disabilities and autism, drowned in a bath at Slade House in Headington in July 2013.

The NHS trust in charge initially said his death was due to 'natural causes'. But an independent report later found it 'was preventable' and the trust "failed significantly" in his care.

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