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| Amy Pickard death: Hastings heroin victim inquest begins | Amy Pickard death: Hastings heroin victim inquest begins |
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| An inquest into the death of a woman who died eight years after slipping into a heroin-induced coma has begun. | An inquest into the death of a woman who died eight years after slipping into a heroin-induced coma has begun. |
| Miss Pickard, then 17, was found with her boyfriend, collapsed in a locked cubicle at public toilets in Hastings, East Sussex, in 2001. | |
| She was seven months pregnant at the time. Her baby was delivered but died five days later. | She was seven months pregnant at the time. Her baby was delivered but died five days later. |
| Miss Pickard was left in a persistent vegetative state from which she never recovered. | Miss Pickard was left in a persistent vegetative state from which she never recovered. |
| Together with her boyfriend, she had gone into the town to buy a cot for her unborn baby. | Together with her boyfriend, she had gone into the town to buy a cot for her unborn baby. |
| The pair were found in the cubicle after it is believed Miss Pickard had experimented with heroin for the first time. | The pair were found in the cubicle after it is believed Miss Pickard had experimented with heroin for the first time. |
| Her boyfriend, 22-year-old Michael Morfee, died a week later from a heroin overdose. | Her boyfriend, 22-year-old Michael Morfee, died a week later from a heroin overdose. |
| In 2007, Ms Pickard featured as part of a BBC documentary titled The Waking Pill, after hopes that the drug Zolpidem - used as a treatment for insomnia - could help revive her. | In 2007, Ms Pickard featured as part of a BBC documentary titled The Waking Pill, after hopes that the drug Zolpidem - used as a treatment for insomnia - could help revive her. |
| Weeks after taking the drug, she began to breathe by herself, instead of through a hole in her throat. She reacted to food and showed signs of awareness. | Weeks after taking the drug, she began to breathe by herself, instead of through a hole in her throat. She reacted to food and showed signs of awareness. |
| She died in a care home in Hastings in October 2009. | She died in a care home in Hastings in October 2009. |
| The inquest is taking place at Hastings Magistrates' Court. | The inquest is taking place at Hastings Magistrates' Court. |