Nicholas Hopgood, who was being treated for sepsis, said he was assaulted in his hospital bed at Croydon University Hospital on March 18. Nicholas’ daughter, Stephanie, said: "Those were the final days of his life and he was sexually assaulted, it’s terrible." Nicholas and Stephanie (Image: Supplied)In 2024, he was diagnosed with kidney cancer and had undergone various treatments. Nicholas, who was very vulnerable at the time, said he was sexually assaulted at around 3.30 am on March 18, with reports that other patients had witnessed the incident. Even if I was dying I wouldn’t want to stay there if I’d been sexually assaulted, nobody would."