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A Hearty Life

July 7th, 2006

Father Accidentally Stabs Son in Heart

In a game of pretend gladiators with his police officer father, 11-year-old Conor Johnson was stabbed in the heart and died four short hours later. His mother, Sharon Johnson, claimed that his medical care was inadequate with no specialist cardio-thoracic surgeons available.
Ian Johnson, 40, told a coroner’s inquest how the four-inch stainless steel knife “slipped […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 4 comments