Brenda Leyland. Coroner confirms cause of death as suicide.

[Alfred R Jones]

But according to the faithful it was obvious from her tweets.

I am "The Faithful" now am I??  Am I Martin Brunt too?

[Alfred R Jones]

But according to the faithful it was obvious from her tweets.

When you look at Brenda's tweets Faithlilly is it obvious to you that she was suffering from a mental illness?  Honest answer now, please.

[DCI]

she was  driven to sucide by people tweeting  her abusive tweets   for having  a opinion  about the   mcanns   do you justify that??

If she hadn't tweeted abusive tweets in the first place, none of this would have happened, would it. Who was it that tweeted and named Brenda, which was picked up by the Times. Brunt never named her it was one of her so called Twitter friends.

[John]

Was Brenda's mental health condition obvious when she was tweeting?  Personally, I'd say so, and I think it's obvious in many of those who spend all day every day tweeting bile about one subject.

If that was the case Alfred, don't you think Sky News and Martin Brunt should have been more aware of the risks of doorstepping a woman with such a condition?

My own view is that a complaint had been made in a dossier and as such, it should have been left to the police to deal with it.

[DCI]

http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2015-03-20/alleged-internet-troll-said-im-entitled-to-over-abuse-tweets/


Alleged internet troll on abuse tweets: 'I'm entitled to'
Sky News reporter Martin Brunt has told the Brenda Leyland inquest that he traced her from a police dossier using basic Internet search techniques.

He and a cameraman waited outside her house and approached her. When Brunt asked her why she was saying things about the McCanns she replied "I'm entitled to."

After the confrontation on camera Brunt stayed in Burton Overy to get shots.

He approached her again later same day and she invited him in for an off camera chat.

Brunt told the inquest Leyland told him she tweeted about McCanns because she had concerns about fundraising.


She seemed relaxed - I offered her the opportunity to do a full interview but she declined. I told Brenda Leyland we would use the "engagement" we'd had outside on camera.....she seemed to accept that. After our meeting Leyland told me over the phone, prior to the news item being aired 'oh I have thought about ending it all but I'm feeling better now - I've had a drink and I've spoken to my son in LA.' I was devastated to find out that Brenda Leyland was dead."

– MARTIN BRUNT, SKY NEWS REPORTER

[DCI]

The inquest has resumed in Leicester into the death of an alleged internet troll, Brenda Leyland, who was found dead in a hotel room shortly after she had been challenged by a Sky News reported on-air, about her online attacks against the parents of Madeleine McCann.

The inquest has heard toxicology reports on the body of Brenda Leyland indicated she had consumed alcohol and anti-depressants.

The inquest continues.
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Police evidence at inquest into alleged internet troll death
A police sergeant has told the inquest into her death that Brenda Leyland had spent the last days of her life looking online about suicide methods.
Brenda Leyland was 63 and lived at Burton Overy in Leicestershire.

Her family are not at the inquest but several "supporters" are in the public gallery.

[carlymichelle]

If that was the case Alfred, don't you think Sky News and Martin Brunt should have been more aware of the risks of doorstepping a woman with such a condition?

My own view is that a complaint had been made in a dossier and as such, it should have been left to the police to deal with it.

totally agree john but this is what happens when people take the law into their own hands

[John]

Let's face it, Sky News were simply looking for a cheap but visually stirring story when they decided to doorstep Brenda Leyland.  They got it but at what a price?

I wonder if a civil action will ensue, I suppose it depends on the coroner?

[Eleanor]

Brenda was subjected to abuse from her Twitter Friends.  That must have been devastating in her fragile state of mind.

[DCI]

The Coroner has recorded a verdict of suicide in the death of 63 year-old Brenda Leyland from Burton Overy in Leicestershire.
She was found dead in a hotel room after consuming drugs and alcohol, two days after being confronted on Sky News as an alleged poster of internet hate messages about the parents of Madeleine McCann.

http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2015-03-20/inquest-resumes-into-the-death-of-alleged-internet-troll/

[carlymichelle]

Let's face it, Sky News were simply looking for a cheap but visually stirring story when they decided to doorstep Brenda Leyland.  They got it but at what a price?

I wonder if a civil action will ensue, I suppose it depends on the coroner?

couldnt brendas sons sue sky news   and the mcann supporters who  did the dossier in the first place?

[Brietta]

Why do someone's personal circumstances have to be considered when they are using anonymity to pedal their abuse?

Consensus appears to reflect that it can be assumed that daily obsessive pejorative tweeting castigating others can be considered a sign of severe mental illness.

[Lyall]

Let's face it, Sky News were simply looking for a cheap but visually stirring story when they decided to doorstep Brenda Leyland.  They got it but at what a price?

I wonder if a civil action will ensue, I suppose it depends on the coroner?

I don't think so, nothing to do with the coroner if her family want to or are already taking action.

But you're right, it was just cheap TV to Sky and wouldn't have happened at all if the Pistorious trial had been on.

[DCI]

Breakingnews Breakingnews Breakingnews Breakingnews

Being reported on Sky now. That's it over, the verdict is suicide.

The police revealed that she had two cans of helium.Searches on devices were about helium and suicide. She had alcohol, drugs and helium in bloodscreen.


Her son said she had a history of mental illness and had threatened suicide in past. She had convo with son, who thought Sky report had contributed.

She told Brunt on phone that she felt much better and he thought she had just made a throwaway remark.

Psychiatrist said no-one speaking to her would have known about her history of mental illness.

[carlymichelle]

I don't think so, nothing to do with the coroner if her family want to or are already taking action.

But you're right, it was just cheap TV to Sky and wouldn't have happened at all if the Pistorious trial had been on.

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