OO Honey Rose handed two year suspended sentence

Locum optometrist Honey Rose has been sentenced to a two-year prison term, suspended for two years, after being found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence last month..

She was also ordered to carry out 200 hours of community work, by a judge at Ipswich Crown Court, following the death of eight-year-old patient Vincent Barker in July 2012.

Suffolk Police reported that Rose had carried out a routine eye test on the boy five months before his death and failed to detect swollen optic discs. He died five months later from a build-up of fluid on his brain.

Following the sentencing, Suffolk Police senior investigating officer detective superintendent Tonya Antonis said: ‘This has been a complex enquiry that initially came into police as the sudden unexplained death of a child. In these circumstances we start a full investigation to understand why that child has died and if we believe there are criminal acts involved we aim to put the facts before a court to bring those responsible to justice.