Lampard Inquiry: Search the Evidence

…(1.15 pm) (Luncheon adjournment) (2.04 pm) MS LLOYD-OWEN: Good afternoon, Chair. We will now hear evidence from Deborah and Nigel Ridley-Joyce in relation to their father, Peter Ridley-Joyce. Before we start, we will show a photograph of Peter on the screen. (Photograph shown) Please can the witnesses be sworn. NIGEL RIDLEY-JOYCE (sworn)…

…en. This morning we heard evidence from Ralph Taylor about his wife Carol. This afternoon we heard evidence from Deborah Ridley-Joyce and Nigel Ridley-Joyce about their father Peter. Carol and Peter were both older age adults who died whilst under the care of trusts in Essex. Carol and Peter died over ten years apart yet there were strong…

…of Emma Harley resumed 2 RALPH TAYLOR (affirmed) 31 Examination by MS MALHOTRA 31 NIGEL RIDLEY-JOYCE (sworn) 83 DEBORAH RIDLEY-JOYCE (sworn) 83 Closing statement by MS HARRIS 123 145

…ill give evidence about Carol Ann Taylor who died on 21 November 2023, aged 75. This afternoon we will hear from Deborah and Nigel Ridley-Joyce about their father, Peter Ridley-Joyce, who died on 17 March 2013. As with previous days, Chair, there may be aspects of today's evidence that are difficult to listen to. For some people it may no…

: Deborah Ridley-Joyce. Q. You are both the children of Peter Ridley-Joyce? A. NIGEL: Yes. Q. Who was born on 14 January 1930 and died on 17 March 2013, at the age of 83; is that right? A. NIGEL: Yes. Q. You would like me to refer to your father as Peter throughout my questions; is that right? And you would like me to call you both Debora…

…lph Taylor. Peter Ridley Joyce, who died on 17 March 2013, aged 83. We will hear evidence from Peter's children, Deborah Ridley Joyce and Nigel Ridley Joyce. Terrence White, who died on 14 April 2016, aged 36. We will hear evidence from his sister, Emma Harley. Chair, the Inquiry will also hear evidence in a private session from a witness…

…thers such as Colin Flatt, Margaret Annequin, Doris Joyce Smith, Norman Noah Dunkley, Carol Taylor and 128 Peter Ridley-Joyce all died of different causes but all dies in the most tragic of circumstances. When Mrs Leahy gave evidence to the Inquiry last week she told us, "There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that Colin was treated as t…

…nts and we heard of serious failures to keep those patients safe. We heard evidence today, for example, of Peter Ridley-Joyce and Carol Taylor repeatedly falling, injuring themselves whilst on mental health in-patient units. This follows the deeply impactful evidence we heard in the first week of this hearing about Doris Joyce Smith's rep…

…phie had in fact died. Also in Sophie Alderman's case belongings sent back in a battered cardboard box. In Peter Ridley-Joyce's case a call to the family to visit their father as he was deteriorating, only to arrive to find he had died some time previously and still no explanation as to what had happened. Dawn Johnson and Craig Scott told…

…your father was doing and progress, is that right? A. NIGEL: Yes, when you walked into Orsett it was, "Hello, Mr Ridley-Joyce, are you here to see Peter?", "How has he been today?" They would tell you. That was the interaction with the staff. Q. You both say in your statement that your father never spoke positively about any of the staff…

…t dated 4 November 2024; Commemorative and Impact Evidence of Mrs Joyce Nsilu dated 1 November 2024; evidence of Deborah Coles (INQUEST) on structural racism in mental health care on Monday 12 May 2025 (and her Witness Statement dated 1 April 2025, including Exhibit DC-17: 'Achieving Racial Justice At Inquests') Raised in consultation wit…