A slapping healer found guilty of the manslaughter of a woman has had his sentencing delayed.

Hongchi Xiao, of Cloudbreak, California, was convicted by jury at Winchester Crown Court of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Mrs Carr-Gomm, from Lewes, East Sussex.

He failed to get medical help for the 71-year-old diabetic woman who died at Cleeve House in Seend, Wiltshire, in October 2016 while taking part in the Paida Lajin therapy event, which sees patients being slapped or slapping themselves repeatedly.

He was due to be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on October 1, but the case was delayed as “the judge was not available to hear it”, said a court spokesperson.Court artist sketch of Hongchi Xiao appearing at Winchester Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting in July, previously said Mrs Carr-Gomm, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, was left “howling in pain” as she became seriously ill before she died on the fourth day of the workshop.

He said Mrs Carr-Gomm had sought alternatives to her insulin medication because of her vegetarianism and fear of needles.

The court heard how Xiao said “well done” to Mrs Carr-Gomm, after she told the group she had stopped taking her insulin at the week-long retreat, and she became seriously ill.(Image: SWNS)

Mr Atkinson said that by the third day “she was vomiting, tired and weak, and by the evening she was howling in pain and unable to respond to questions”.

A chef at the workshop, Teresa Hayes, told jurors Mrs Carr-Gomm was “delirious” and “frothing at the mouth” before she died.

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Speaking after her death, her son Matthew Carr-Gomm, who lives in New Zealand, said: “I know she was desperate to try and cure herself of this disease.

“In recent years, mum was in a great place with a partner, a lovely home and was travelling the world.(Image: SWNS)

“She had a lot of life left in her.”

61-year-old Xiao had previously been prosecuted over the death of a six-year-old boy who also died after his parents withdrew his insulin medication after attending the defendant’s workshop in Sydney.

Following the verdict, head of the Crown Prosecution Service special crime division, Rosemary Ainslie, said: “Hongchi Xiao knew the consequences of Danielle Carr-Gomm’s decision to stop taking insulin could be fatal, he had seen it before.”

The sentencing date has not yet been confirmed.