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| Beth Matthews: Blogger bought substance from Russia, inquest hears | Beth Matthews: Blogger bought substance from Russia, inquest hears |
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| Beth Matthews, from Cornwall, was a well-known mental health blogger | Beth Matthews, from Cornwall, was a well-known mental health blogger |
| Mental health blogger Beth Matthews bought the poisonous substance she ingested from Russia, an inquest has heard. | Mental health blogger Beth Matthews bought the poisonous substance she ingested from Russia, an inquest has heard. |
| While on a secure ward she was able to frequently visit a website that discussed suicide methods, jurors were told. | While on a secure ward she was able to frequently visit a website that discussed suicide methods, jurors were told. |
| Ms Matthews, 26, from Cornwall, ordered the substance while at Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal near Stockport in March. | Ms Matthews, 26, from Cornwall, ordered the substance while at Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal near Stockport in March. |
| She was being treated as an NHS patient at the hospital, run by Priory Group. | She was being treated as an NHS patient at the hospital, run by Priory Group. |
| The court heard from police coroners officer Claire Smith, who described how she had received a download of information from Ms Matthews' phone which ran to 100,000 pages. | The court heard from police coroners officer Claire Smith, who described how she had received a download of information from Ms Matthews' phone which ran to 100,000 pages. |
| Ms Smith found she had frequently accessed a website with thousands of threads discussing suicide and methods. | Ms Smith found she had frequently accessed a website with thousands of threads discussing suicide and methods. |
| One method involved swallowing a poisonous substance which Ms Matthews "had attempted to purchase from a number of sources". | One method involved swallowing a poisonous substance which Ms Matthews "had attempted to purchase from a number of sources". |
| The officer found Ms Matthews, who had tens of thousands of followers and was described as "bright and vivacious", had bought the substance three weeks before her death from a supplier in Russia, which was shipped by airmail through Heathrow. | The officer found Ms Matthews, who had tens of thousands of followers and was described as "bright and vivacious", had bought the substance three weeks before her death from a supplier in Russia, which was shipped by airmail through Heathrow. |
| Blogger 'restrained' before swallowing substance | Blogger 'restrained' before swallowing substance |
| Blogger told staff about buying substance - inquest | Blogger told staff about buying substance - inquest |
| Blogger's parcel should have been checked - inquest | Blogger's parcel should have been checked - inquest |
| The jury was told there was no means of controlling patient access to the internet via their mobile phones. | The jury was told there was no means of controlling patient access to the internet via their mobile phones. |
| Alerts had been issued by the Priory about the poisonous substance used by Ms Matthews in 2018 and again in 2020. | Alerts had been issued by the Priory about the poisonous substance used by Ms Matthews in 2018 and again in 2020. |
| If you are affected by any of the issues in this article you can find details of organisations that can help via the BBC Action Line. | If you are affected by any of the issues in this article you can find details of organisations that can help via the BBC Action Line. |
| Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgman said it was "surprising that none of the staff knew anything about it". | Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgman said it was "surprising that none of the staff knew anything about it". |
| A friend of Ms Matthews, Sarah Page, also gave evidence. | A friend of Ms Matthews, Sarah Page, also gave evidence. |
| She described receiving a message from Ms Matthews on the day she died which read "I've taken poison, I'll be dead in an hour". | She described receiving a message from Ms Matthews on the day she died which read "I've taken poison, I'll be dead in an hour". |
| She did not get the message until later that afternoon. | She did not get the message until later that afternoon. |
| Ms Page said she thought the Priory "was a place of safety" and said her friend's death "need not have taken place". | Ms Page said she thought the Priory "was a place of safety" and said her friend's death "need not have taken place". |
| The inquest continues. | The inquest continues. |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Stockport | Stockport |
| Cornwall | |
| Cheadle | Cheadle |
| Mental health | Mental health |