Hongchi Xiao, a 61-year-old American self-proclaimed doctor, will be sentenced this Tuesday, October 1, after being found guilty in the United Kingdom of negligent manslaughter, following the death of a diabetic “patient” who had stopped to take your insulin.
The court in Winchester (United Kingdom) pronounced this Tuesday, October 1 the sentence of Hongchi Xiao, a 61-year-old American who proclaimed himself a doctor. His technique based on “slap therapy” hit the headlines in 2016.
The sixty-year-old is suspected of manslaughter through negligence after the death of Danielle Carr-Gomm, one of his “patients”, who had stopped taking her insulin.
The 71-year-old British victim, who was born and raised in France, died on October 20, 2016, from an attack of diabetic ketoacidosis. A lover of alternative medicine, she was taking part in a course supposed to help her treat her illness.
In a hotel located in the countryside of western England, the woman participated in “paida lajin” practices, presented as a Chinese practice combining slapping and stretching, with the aim of curing numerous health problems.
He had already caused the death of a 6 year old child
The accused organizer of the course is accused of not having taken the necessary measures during his course so that his participant received the care indicated during her crisis.
“He chose to congratulate a diabetic who stopped her injections”, rather than dissuading her from “taking a serious risk for her life”, criticized prosecutor Duncan Atkinson, indicating that the defendant knew that his victim was at risk of dying and that he had “an influence on his decision”.
For his part, Hongchi Xiao pleaded not guilty, assuring during the trial that he would “never” have convinced a diabetic patient not to take their insulin. In court, he explained that he was not “entirely against medicine”, while saying he was worried about its “side effects”.
However, the sixty-year-old has already been sentenced in 2023 to nine and a half years in prison, in Australia, for similar acts.
He caused the death of a 6-year-old child who had stopped receiving insulin treatment from his parents, convinced by the quack’s methods.
According to the biography in his books devoted to his practice, Hongchi Xiao worked in finance, before founding an institute in California promoting his alternative medicine techniques, which he praised at conferences and internships around the world. .
