Paralysed ex-company director dies in house fire after ignoring warnings about smoking in specialist hospital bed surrounded by highly flammable skin creams
Bedbound Keith Wicks, 78 continued to smoke up to 40 cigarettes a day despite being told the emollients used to protect his skin posed a significant risk as they rubbed onto the bedsheets.
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