ROBBERY VICTIM CHRISTINE MCLAUGHLIN KILLED HERSELF

ROBBERY VICTIM CHRISTINE MCLAUGHLIN KILLED HERSELF IN A FIT

OF DEPRESSION, AN INQUEST HEARD TODAY (FRI).

MISS MCLAUGHLIN, 29, WAS HELD UP TWICE BY SHOTGUN RAIDERS AT

THE GARAGE WHERE SHE WORKED.

AND THE SHOP ASSISTANT NEVER RECOVERED FROM HER ORDEAL,

SOUTHWARK CORONERS COURT WAS TOLD.

MISS MCLAUGHLIN SWALLOWED OVER 40 PARACETAMOL TABLETS AT HER

HOME, IN RIVERDALE ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, SOUTH EAST LONDON.

SHE WAS FOUND DEAD BY HER FLATMATE JOAN EDWARDS ON MARCH 31.

MISS EDWARDS TOLD THE COURT:’THE HOLD UPS DID AFFECT HER.

I’M AFRAID SHE WAS VERY DISTURBED AFTER THEM.

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AN AUTOPSY CARRIED OUT BY PROFESSOR JAMES CAMERON REVEALED

THAT SHE DIED OF PARACETAMOL POISONING.

CORONER DR ARTHUR GORDON DAVIES SAID:’THE HOLD UPS LED TO A

BREAKDOWN OF HER MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM.

SHE WAS AGGRESSIVE AND

DEPRESSED.

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VERDICT : SUICIDE.

ENDS