Court told how ME sufferer was sexually assaulted

A desperately ill East Sussex woman, injected with a cocktail of drugs by her loving mother, feared hospitals after she was sexually assaulted by a medical expert, a jury heard.

Lynn Gilderdale, 31, from Stonegate, was allegedly molested by a senior heath professional in London while receiving treatment for ME.

Her father, former Sussex Police officer Richard Gilderdale, said in his evidence it was a "major part" in his daughter's refusal to go to hospital.

The chronic illness paralysed the once bright and healthy schoolgirl when she was 14, up until she died in December 2008.

Her mother, former nurse Bridget Kathleen Gilderdale, 54, known as Kay, is on trial for attempted murder.

Lewes Crown Court heard this week she had found her daughter her in the midst of a failed overdose on December 3.

She continued giving her morphine and other prescription drugs for an agonising 28 hours until she finally ended her suffering for good, claimed Sally Howes QC, prosecuting.

For full story see this week's Sussex Courier.