A mum overdosed on painkillers as her estranged hu

A mum overdosed on painkillers as her estranged husband tidied up just yards away, an inquest heard today (THURS).

Felicia Camille, 32, died after swallowing three times the fatal dose of the tablets and drinking cans beer.

She was found slumped on the floor of her home in south-east London by her ex-partner when he came downstairs to check on her.

Southwark Coroner’s Court heard Miss Camille had been depressed over her heavy drinking and because her baby daughter was living with her mum.

On June 5 this year, she went to the shops to buy some beer and sat in front of the television supping it.

Her estranged husband Steven Williams was tidying up the flat above and tried to keep an eye on her.

He told the inquest that Miss Camille was ‘tipsy’ when she came back from the shop, and then became sleepy.

Mr Williams said: ‘I came down stairs later and saw her lying on the floor.

‘I tried to wake her and could not.

I rushed out to my friend’s house and told him to get an ambulance.

‘It came a couple of minutes later and they tried everything they could for her.

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Miss Camille was rushed to University Hospital, Lewisham from her home in Marvels Lane, Grove Park, but died later that day.

A post mortem showed she had taken three times the fatal dose of the painkiller, and was two-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit.

She had died from drink and drug intoxication.

Mr Williams added: ‘She had seemed very depressed, but if I had known she was going to do anything like this I would have stopped her.

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Miss Camille’s new boyfriend John Kiely was interviewed by police shortly after the incident, and told them:

‘She was mentally quite stable up to three weeks ago when her mum took her baby away from her.

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But mother Sonia Camille denied it upset her daughter, saying: ‘She was happy that the baby with me.

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Recording an open verdict, coroner Selena Lynch said she could not be sure Miss Camille had meant to kill herself.

Mrs Lynch said: ‘We do not really know what happened, and there are too many unanswered questions about what she wanted to do.

‘There is nothing to suggest foul play.

Was it a cry for help? We just don’t know.

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