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A paramedic has been sentenced for failing in his duty after the death of a man who collapsed outside a hospital.

Carl Cope, 47, died from a heart attack after suffering chest pains near the A&E department at Walsall's Manor Hospital in June 2012.

Matthew Geary, 36, from Manor Avenue, Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, admitted failing to discharge a duty.

He was given an eight-month jail term, suspended for two years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-31429726

I can't help thinking that there must be more to this than meets the eye but even so it appears to be an exceptionally callous act.