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ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Suicide: 20 Year Old Woman: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago04 mins

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.

PROZAC: Suicide: Woman Set Herself on Fire: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago07 mins

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.

ANTIDEPRESSANT: Young Man Collapses, Almost Dies: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago07 mins

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.”

ANTIDEPRESSANT: Murder: Man Stabs Wife Muliple Times Killing Her: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago011 mins

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.

PROZAC: 25 Year Old Woman Commits Suicide: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago04 mins

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

ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Woman Commits Suicide: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago010 mins

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.

ANTIDEPRESSANTS & ALCOHOL: Charges for Shoplifting: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago05 mins

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.

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ANTIDEPRESSANT: Murder: Man Stabs & Kills Wife: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago05 mins

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.

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ANTIDEPRESSANT: Murder Attempt: Architect Tries to Smother Wife: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago02 mins

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

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ANTIDEPRESSANT: Suicide: Woman Leaps From 9th Floor: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago05 mins

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