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Slapping therapist jailed after woman’s ‘untimely’ death
An alternative healer has been jailed for 10 years after a court found him guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.
Hongchi Xiao, 61, of Cloudbreak in California, was convicted after Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, died from complications related to diabetes in 2016.
She stopped taking her insulin during a slapping Wiltshire workshop hosted by Xiao in 2016. Ms Carr-Gomm quickly became unwell before falling into a diabetic coma.
Mr Justice Robert Bright said: “She was youthful and vigorous with a lot of life left to live. Her untimely death was a tragedy.”
Xiao will also have to serve five years on extended licence.
He added Xiao will be liable to be deported to America after serving his sentence.