The talented instrumentalist had 'not been capable to judge her failure'
- Published: 13:50, 20 Jan 2025
- Updated: 13:53, 20 Jan 2025
A BBC kid prima took her ain beingness aft being rejected by 4 aesculapian schools, an inquest heard.
Imogen Moorsom, 20, applied to 4 aesculapian schools but was unsuccessful.
The talented French horn subordinate qualified for the finals of BBC's Young Musician of the Year successful 2022 and was portion of the National Youth Orchestra.
Imogen, who was diagnosed with autism, was said to find it precise hard to 'live up to her precise precocious standards.'
An inquest heard she "not been capable to judge her nonaccomplishment to get into aesculapian school."
Imogen nevertheless did unafraid a spot astatine Lancaster University and was said to beryllium preparing for the move.
However the instrumentalist was tragically discovered dormant successful her chamber successful Milton Abbas, Dorset.
She was recovered by her mother, Rosemary, astatine the household home.
Rosemary said successful a statement: "On August 12 I woke up astatine astir 8am.
"Imogen went up to furniture astatine astir 11.30pm the nighttime earlier and this was the past clip I saw her.
'I went into her country astatine astir 11.40am to fto the feline successful and I thought she was sleeping in.
"I saw her bedside airy was connected which was odd.
"I went implicit to her to region the ligature but did not commencement immoderate CPR due to the fact that she was acold to the interaction due to the fact that it was wide she had passed away."
Imogen was pronounced dormant astatine the country and a post-mortem introspection confirmed she died from strangulation.
The kid prima was said to person suffered intelligence health issues prompted by the lockdown during the pandemic.
She was treated for this but her mental health took a crook aft she returned from a vacation past August.
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