AN external reviewer is due to be brought in to investigate the case of two paramedics found guilty of failing to provide “reasonable” care to a man who later died.
A pre-inquest hearing into the death of Frazer Irvine was held yesterday morning.
Tom Le Sauteur (36) and John Sutherland (60) were found guilty of a health and safety breach in relation to their care of Mr Irvine in the minutes before his death.
The 39-year-old called an ambulance in March 2022 when he was suffering the effects of an overdose. He later died of cardiac and respiratory arrest.
Le Sauteur and Sutherland appeared in the Court of Appeal this week to challenge the two-year conditional discharge handed down to them earlier this year.
Their appeal failed, with judge Adrian Fulford concluding that the original verdict was “supported by evidence” and finding that there were “no other grounds to conclude there has been a miscarriage of justice”.
The pre-inquest hearing into Mr Irvine’s death was able to take place yesterday following the conclusion of criminal proceedings on Wednesday.
At the hearing, it was announced that an external independent reviewer was due to be commissioned to carry out a review of the case within weeks.
Advocate Sylvia Roberts – representing the Home Affairs Minister, who has responsibility for emergency services in Jersey – said it would be difficult to predict when the investigation would conclude.
The full inquest into Mr Irvine’s death is scheduled to take place in June 2025.
At the pre-inquest hearing, the coroner confirmed that questions would be asked about policies relating to personal protective equipment, airway management, resuscitation equipment storage, and requesting police back-up.
