A POIGNANT exhibition bursting with colour and creativity was set up in Asturias, Northern Spain today in memory of Oxford teenager Connor Sparrowhawk.

The display in Aviles formed part of a special event hosted by newly-formed organisation Learning Disability England to coincide with the International Day of People with Disabilities.

Connor, who had autism and a learning disability, died in 2013 after suffering an epileptic fit in a bath at a care unit run by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust in Headington.

The ‘Justice Quilt’, which has become a symbol of his family’s fight for accountability and is made of more than 200 hand-sewn patches donated by loved ones and supporters, took pride of place in Aviles.

Hand-drawn ‘gingerbread men’, a portrait of Connor by the artist Maurizio Anzeri and a large cardboard bus recently carried across Northern Spain on a walking ‘Camino LB’ pilgrimage by campaigners were also on display.

Connor’s mother Dr Sara Ryan said: “They had a great day and lots of interest. What happened to Connor is a bit symbolic of the treatment of learning-disabled people and it’s of relevance to Learning Disability England as an organisation.”

In October 2015 an inquest at Oxford Coroner’s Court found Connor’s death had been ‘contributed to by neglect’.

On Friday the General Medical Council also confirmed that Dr Valerie Murphy, a consultant psychiatrist at Slade House at the time of Connor’s death, has been referred for a Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing into her conduct – two and a half years after an investigation first opened.

Dr Ryan added: “We are just tired of it all. It should not take this long.”