Blind man's death fall in Southampton was preventable, family say

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Mark Williams fell from the fourth floor of a council-owned block in Southampton in November.

Mark Williams suffered with disorientation because of the cancer medication he was taking, his family said

Mark Williams was living in council-owned Potters Court in Southampton at the time of his death in November. They said he should have been allocated a flat more appropriate for a blind person who experienced disorientation, and that he had asked to be moved before his death.

 

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