The brother of a woman who died after being “adversely influenced” to refuse cancer treatment says there are “no protections” for people like his sister.

Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, 23, died in July last year after declining treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma on the advice of her conspiracy theorist parents.

Instead, her mother Kate “Kay” Shemirani led Paloma’s “alternative treatment” programme involving a strict diet, juices and daily coffee enemas.

The PA news agency has been shown evidence that Ms Shemirani had been offering similar programmes to cancer patients, years before Paloma’s death.

Earlier this month, an inquest into Paloma’s death found she “could and should” have survived, and had an 80% chance of recovery if she had undergone chemotherapy.

Her twin brother Gab

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