Woman who died after refusing cancer treatment at Maidstone Hospital ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

A young woman who died after refusing chemotherapy was “adversely influenced” by her conspiracy theorist mother, whose actions were “incomprehensible”, a coroner has found.

Paloma Shemirani collapsed on July 19 last year and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital, where she died five days later .

The 23-year-old had earlier declined treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and instead followed an “alternative” treatment plan, including daily coffee enemas advised by her parents.

An osteopath who saw Miss Shemirani on the morning she collapsed said he had “never seen” a lymphoid mass like hers in 43 years of practice.

Her mother, Kay “Kate” Shemirani, a prominent online conspiracy theorist, and her father, Dr Faramarz Shemirani, who is “sympathetic” to his ex-wife’s views, tried to blame