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By Ann Tracy on February 4, 2010
A Brighton mother-of-two committed suicide by dousing herself in barbecue lighter
fluid and setting it alight after battling with a chronic alcohol problem and
depression since being made redundant, an inquest heard today.
Birgit Bartlett’s body was found by her daughter in the garden of her home in
Hollingbury Crescent on August 8.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Admin Assistant, Adult Son, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Problem, Alcohol Treatment, Antidepressant, Chronic Alcohol, Committed Suicide, Empty Bottles, England, Inquest, Lighter Fluid, Mark Taylor, Mortem Examination, Mr Taylor, Physicians Desk Reference, Post Mortem, Prozac, Son And Daughter, Suicide Woman, Theargus, Windpipe |
By Ann Tracy on January 3, 2010
South Devon magistrates in
Torquay were told Robert Lane became agitated and angry with ambulance staff who
were trying to revive the 19-year-old man.
Following the case, a
spokesman for the ambulance service said: “Any abuse, whether verbal or
physical, will not be tolerated. The trust takes incidents of this nature very
seriously.”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Ambulance Service, Ambulance Staff, Anti-depressants, Brixham, Death Threat, England, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Lad, Magistrates, Mr Parsons, October 24, Paragraphs, Paramedics, Punch, South Devon, Spokesman, Suffering From Depression, Thisissouthdevon, Uk News, Young Man |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
A daughter who saw her father murder her mother
in a frenzied attack in their Penrith home lives with the brutal images every
day.
Twenty-three-year-old Collette Davidson suffers from nightmares and
sleep problems after witnessing the assault in which her mother was stabbed 50
times on August 21 last year.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged August 21, Battling Depression, Collette, Court Appearance, Cumbrian, England, Horrific Scenes, Judith Davidson, Knives, Man Stabs, Manslaughter, Medical Problems, Mental Hospital, Murder Man, Newsandstar, Nightmares, Paragraph 13, Paragraph 21, Slattery, Sleep Problems, Supt |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
A mother is set to take legal action against a hospital trust she claims
failed to spot her daughter’s mental illness that resulted in her
death.
Beautician Tracy Thomas was left devastated when her oldest
daughter, Kimberley, hanged herself in her bedroom just two weeks before
Christmas.
She claims Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust failed to
help 25-year-old Kimberley after she repeatedly threatened to commit suicide
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged anti-depressant, Apology, Bi Polar Disorder, Birmingham Post, England, Facebook, Fluoxetine, Fluoxetine Prozac, Foundation Trust, Hospital Trust, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, John Marsden, Mental Illness, Mrs Thomas, Nhs Trust, Old Woman, Prozac, Somerset, SUICIDE, Tracy Thomas, Weeks Before Christmas, West Midlands |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
A
husband has claimed Lloyds bank was partly to blame for his wife’s suicide after
it suddenly pulled their overdraft.
Mark Davis says the bank’s actions
helped drive his wife Victoria to throw herself in front of a train earlier this
year.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Car Business, Chauffeur Car, Company Secretary, Daily Mail, Dailymail, England, Financial Difficulties, Goal Posts, Inquest, Lloyds Bank, Lloyds Tsb, Mail Reporter, Mr Davies, Overdraft, Successful Business, SUICIDE, Victoria Davis, Wife Victoria, Wifes, Woe, Woman |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
A MAN tried
to flee a supermarket with £270-worth of goods and only enough cash for a taxi
home, a court heard.
Paul Richard Charnley stole the items from the Asda
store in Barrow.
But the 40-year-old was caught.
On Thursday,
Charnley appeared at Furness Magistrates’ Court over the theft.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 26 October, alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Liver, Andrew Dodd, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Asda, Carrier Bags, Charnley, Compulsion, Dr. Tracy, England, Kleptomania, Magistrates Court, Mr Andrew, Mr Dodd, Nwemail, Physicians Desk Reference, Shoplifter, Shoplifting, Store Staff, Toxic Reactions |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
A man accused of murdering his
Vodafone executive wife has told a court the pair traded swipes with knives
after she admitted having an affair.
Sally Sinclair, 40, was found
with more than 30 stab wounds at their home in Amport, Hampshire, in August
2008.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 100 Cigarettes, Amport, Business Analysis, Crown Court, Defendant, England, Having An Affair, House Husband, Luxury Property, Man Stabs, Mobile Phone Firm, Murder Man, News Bbc Co Uk, News England, Paragraphs, Stab Wounds, Steve Humphrey, Vodafone, Winchester, Witness Box, World Headquarters |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
An architect has
been accused of attempting to smother his wife after she asked for a
divorce.
Clive Wille of Croydon based practice PCL, held his wife down on
their bed at the couple’s home in south London and attempted to smother her with
a pillow, jurors at the Old Bailey were told on Monday
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Alcohol Abuse, Amp, antidepressants, Architect, Bdonline, Craving For Alcohol, Croydon, England, Human Body, Jurors, Liver, Medication, Medication For Depression, Murder Attempt, Old Bailey, Paragraph, Physicians Desk Reference, Police Officers, Prosecution, Smother, South London, Wille |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
Geraldine Calvey, 45, died after throwing herself from the
ninth floor of a tower block in the Regent’s Park estate off Euston Road in
July.
St Pancras Coroner’s Court was told last Thursday how she had been
suffering from depression triggered by changes to her job, which included
hotdesking – moving from one seat to another a number of times – and the
responsibility of caring for her mother following an illness in 2005. The death
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Calvey, Coroner, Crisis Response, Crisis Team, England, Geraldine, Inquest, Islington, Jolliffe, Last Thursday, Leaps, Liking, Magana, Psychiatrist, S Park, South Camden, St Pancras, Suffering From Depression, Suicide Leap, Suicide Woman, Tower Block |
By Ann Tracy on December 16, 2009
THE son of a Worcester councillor has been jailed for spitting at a
police officer and stealing.
Azad Hussain – whose father is former mayor
of Worcester Coun Allah
Ditta – stole £499 of electrical goods from a woman who was renting a house
from his family.
Hussain, aged 25, claimed she owed him council tax and
said that he was seizing her belongings, including a high-definition television
and computer screen, until she paid up.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Alcohol Abuse, Allah Ditta, Antidepressant, Assaulting A Police Officer, Coun, Electrical Goods, England, High Definition Television, Lauren Rogers, Magistrates Court, Matt Dodson, Panic Attacks, Physicians Desk Reference, Policeman, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotic Behaviour, Richmond Road, Robbery, Spits, SSRI, Traumatic Stress Disorder, Wyld |
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