'He wasn't in there to die, he was in there to recover': Families of Gosport victims speak out

As the report into the suspicious deaths of elderly people at the notorious Gosport hospital was released today, families of the victims have spoken out.

Many said their relatives were happy and relatively healthy before being given an excessive amount of pain relief - after which, they fell unconscious, never to wake up.

Here are some of their stories.

The 'jolly, smiley' 65-year-old who was recovering from a 'mini-stroke'

The family of a suspected Gosport victim has called for prosecutions over the death of their father, who they say was recovering from a "mini-stroke" aged 65 when he rapidly and suspiciously died under the care of the notorious hospital.

The Gosport Independent Panel is to...

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