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By Ann Tracy on February 19, 2010
A nurse who was found dead on her sofa had taken an overdose of her
daughter’s painkillers, an inquest heard.
Lindsay Davies, 50, was
discovered by her 22-year-old daughter at the family home in Southcote on August
26.
She had just finished a 10-day stint of night shifts at the Duchess
of Kent House in West Reading and the inquest heard it was thought she decided
to have a few drinks and fall asleep on the sofa.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Duchess Of Kent, England, Food Bags, Getreading, History Of Depression, Husband Ian, Inquest, Lindsay Davies, Mortem Examination, Mr Davies, Mrs Davies, Night Shifts, Pain Killers, Painkillers, Paragraph 11, Peter Bedford, Post Mortem, Settee, Suicide Woman, West Reading |
By Ann Tracy on February 18, 2010
FOR 10 years, music fan Stephen White secretly held all the
answers to a musical mystery that had mystified one of Britain’s most
revered guitarists.
Every time he looked at the shiny 1964 Cherry Red
Gibson SG guitar hidden in his flat, he gulped at the memory of how he had
stolen it from Johnny Marr, the musician who shot to fame with cult rock group
The Smiths.
On Tuesday, a decade after pinching the £30,000 instrument
backstage after a gig at the Scala nightclub in King’s Cross, Mr White, a
38-year-old carer, owned up to the theft in court.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Apologises, Behavio, Carer, Cherry Red, Cult Rock, Denmark Street, England, Famous Musician, Gibson Sg Guitar, Guitar Shops, Inhibitions, Johnny Marr And The Healers, Magistrates Court, Music Fan, Musical Mystery, Paxil, Previous Convictions, Robbery, Rock Group, Scala Nightclub, Sorry Man, Stephen White, Tin Pan Alley |
By Ann Tracy on February 9, 2010
POLICE changed their policy for assessing the risks prisoners pose to
themselves after a Swindon man killed himself less than two hours after leaving
their custody, an inquest heard.
Michael Spencer of Grantham Close,
Freshbrook, told officers at Gablecross Police Station he was suicidal after he
assaulted wife Wendy at their West
Swindon home, Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court heard.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged A420, Antidepressant Medication, antidepressants, Common Assault, Custody Records, Custody Staff, Detention Officer, Detention Officers, Ducker, England, Health Care Professional, Healthcare Profession, Michael Spencer, Mr Gardiner, Overwhelming Increase, Police Custody, Police Policy, Self Harm, Staff Need, SUICIDE, Vulnerable Person, West Swindon, Wife Wendy |
By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
A mother has been
convicted after “deliberately wielding a handbag” and striking a police
officer.
Diminutive Lorna Vinten, 44, charged in to help her son who was
being restrained by four police officers, swinging her small blue handbag
containing her keys, cigarettes and mobile phone.
But despite Redhill
Magistrates’ Court hearing the handbag had struck with the force of a pillow,
Mrs Vinten was convicted of two counts of assault, and resisting a constable in
the execution of his duty.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Caterham, Cigarettes, Conditional Discharge, Constable, Defence Counsel, England, Handbag, Judge Jackson, Lorna, Magistrates Court, Panic Attacks, Paragraphs, Police Officer, Police Officers, Policemen, Revellers, Royal British Legion, Stressful Time, Unreasonable Force |
By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
A ‘SENSITIVE
and quiet girl’ who spent years bravely fighting depression took her own life
just days after her 22nd birthday, an inquest heard.
Family and friends joined
popular Natalie McCreanney at her party at Bibendum in Eastbourne town centre on
November 21 last year.
A week later, her body was
found on a secluded part of the beach, near the foot of Beachy Head.
An inquest on Tuesday heard
that Natalie, an animal lover, who studied at Plumpton College, had suffered ill
health as a child, which limited her sight and held her back at school.
Natalie paid for regular
counselling sessions for several years at the Eastbourne Clinic, but these ended
a couple of months before her death as she was thought to be too dependent on
staff.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 22nd Birthday, Animal Lover, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Bibendum, Caroline Hunt, Dr Christopher, Dr Hunt, Dr. Tracy, Drugawareness, England, Family And Friends, Fighting Depression, Ill Health, Inquest, Locum, Natalie, Old Woman, Quiet Girl, Stimulant Drug, SUICIDE, Uk News |
By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
Briton who strangled wife in his sleep walks free
Prosecution accepts argument that Brian Thomas, 59, suffered sleep
disorder and had no control over his body during attack.
London
Reuters Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 9:21AM EST Last updated on Friday,
Nov. 20, 2009 1:50PM EST
A Briton who strangled his wife during a
nightmare because he believed he was attacking an intruder, walked free from
court on Friday after prosecutors withdrew their case against him.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti Depressant Drugs, antidepressants, Brian Thomas, Briton, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Court, Dyfed Powys, England, Iwan, London Reuters, Manslaughter, Medical Experts, Mr Jenkins, Mr Thomas, Psychiatric Hospital, Sleep Disorder, South Wales, Special Verdict, Sudden Withdrawal, Theglobeandmail, Vivid Dreams, Wife Christine |
By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
A teacher suspended over claims she helped pupils cheat in their GCSE exams hanged
herself – only to be exonerated after her death.
Vanessa Rann was
distraught after being accused of giving children unfair help during their
French oral examination.
She was sent home on full pay while an
investigation into the allegations was carried out, with pupils facing the
prospect of having their final grades changed.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 27th November, Alcock, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Dailymail, England, Flax Bourton, French Teacher, Gcse Exams, Gcse Pupils, Gcses, Grange School, Inquest, Oral Examination, Paul Hutchins, Rann, Sports College, Steve Cook, Union Representative, Work Related Stress, Wrongdoing, Year 11 |
By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
A HEARTBROKEN man stabbed his best friend in the stomach after
breaking up with his girlfriend.
John Withers had been homeless since
the split but was given shelter by Trevor Phillips, a former work colleague.
But Withers got drunk after an unexpected meeting with his ex-partner
and returned to Mr Phillips’ house in the village of Wickhamford, near Evesham,
in “a zombie state”, said Alex Warren, prosecuting.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 24th November, Alcohol Abuse, Alex Warren, Anti-depressants, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Crown Court, England, Evesham, Four Inches, John Withers, Kitchen Knife, Mental Health Issues, Mr Phillips, Murder Charge, Physicians Desk Reference, Rundell, Step Daughter, Trevor Phillips, Unprovoked Attack, Work Colleague |
By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
A FORMER Bolton School pupil who suffered from “dark
moods” took a fatal overdose of anti-depressants, an inquest heard.
Fay Turner died aged just 20 in July after a row with her ex-boyfriend.
The overdose of prescribed medication was the latest in a number taken by Miss
Turner, who had a history of mental health illnesses including anorexia and
depression.
Miss Turner’s father, Philip Turner, of Andrew Lane, Bolton,
described his daughter as a bright girl.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Andrew Lane, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Ashley Smith, Bolton Community College, Bolton School, Bright Girl, England, Fatal Overdose, Father Philip, Fay Turner, Gcse Results, History Of Mental Health, Image Problems, Mental Health Illnesses, Mental Health Services, Mr Turner, Old Woman, Philip Turner, Prescribed Medication, Rutland Drive, School Art Teacher, School Pupil, SUICIDE |
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