- Who wants to work in healthcare if you risk being held responsible for the employer's shortcomings?
It was a question that lawyer Sofia Möller asked the court to think about before she went on to list the many shortcomings in Platea's operations as well as the Inspectorate for Care and Care, IVO, as found by the owner group Humana.
And she was supported by her colleague David Halén Lindberg during Tuesday's closing arguments in the case.
- The chain of events leading up to this tragic event already begins with the enrollment of John Walter.
The business said they would work with extra staffing at enrollment, but that was not done, he said.
Serious flaws
The two lawyers stressed, among other things, the serious criticism that Platea received from IVO for several years regarding inadequate suitability assessments during enrollment and also highlighted a lack of information transfer and documentation, staffing and shell protection in the form of fences and gates.
- In questioning, the superintendent said that a Gunnebostake was underway.
She knew it was needed and it was a deliberate risk-taking on the part of the management, Sofia Möller said regarding Platea's decision to take in John Walter – a child who was known to be "escape-prone".
David Halén Lindberg's conclusion is that if there had been a functioning fence, it would have given the staff the time margins needed to stop John Walter after he got out of the building.
- The criminal liability cannot end up at the bottom based on the conditions given in the business, he said.
Wants the prosecution to be dismissed
Chamber prosecutor Stefan Wessberg has previously demanded that both defendants be sentenced to suspended sentences and daily fines for causing the death of another.
It is rejected by the defense, which believes that the indictment should be dismissed and that their clients should be fully acquitted.
After today's negotiations, SVT has spoken to Platea's former director, who refutes the defenders' view of the situation at Platea.
She claims that it was staffed extra based on the situation and that IVO never criticized the condition or function of the fence around the residence in question.
The verdict in the case will be announced on December 6.