# Case (Sentencing following CQC prosecution). R v Priory Healthcare Limited \[2024\] MHLO 2

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**Created:** [1 October 2024 13:01 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-sentencing-following-cqc-prosecution-r-v-priory-healthcare-limited-2024-mhlo-2/2777 "2024-10-01T13:01:00Z")\
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— Priory Healthcare Limited was fined £650,000 and ordered to pay £43,672 costs and £180 victim surcharge. Matthew Caseby, a patient in Priory Hospital Woodbourne, had climbed a fence and died after being hit by a train.

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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/R\_v\_Priory\_Healthcare\_Limited\_(2024)\_MHLO\_2?id=011024-1301](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/R_v_Priory_Healthcare_Limited_(2024)_MHLO_2?id=011024-1301)