WOODFORD GREEN: Mother calls for inquiry into disappearance of autistic son

A mother has accused a hosptial of "appalling negligence" over the disappearance of her autistic son. James Wilson, of Baddow Close, Woodford Green, went missing from Goodmayes Hospital, but was found four days later in Colchester, Essex. His mother Lash Wilson said she arrived at the hospital on the morning of July 12 to be told that her son, who had been suffering anxiety attacks over his GCSE exams, had gone to a shop unsupervised. She claims staff did not "seem to care" that her son had gone missing. James' Oyster Card revealed he had boarded a Tube train at Redbridge station at 11am before getting off at Epping station. His mother endured five days of hell before her son was found by police. It emerged that James had walked from Chelmsford to Colchester, a distance of 24 miles, and his mother said she feared he had died... [read full story]