Teacher, 27, died while ‘traumatised after being stripped and left in police cell’

A ‘quiet, intelligent and kind’ teacher was recovered dormant astatine a friend’s location portion ‘traumatised’ by a constabulary brushwood that saw her stripped bare and near successful a cell, an inquest has heard.

Jorja Watt, 27, was looking guardant to starting a caller occupation overseas erstwhile she died successful September.

An inquest into her decease astatine Preston Coroners’ Court heard Jorja, who had been diagnosed with emotionally unstable property upset (EUPD), was antecedently arrested connected suspicion of assaulting an exigency idiosyncratic during a nighttime out.

Her mum Maria told the tribunal she was ‘traumatised’ aft being ‘stripped and near bare successful a cell’ and feared the incidental would wreck her dreams of teaching.

Jorja’s intelligence wellness spiralled, she added, and she started taking medicine medicine successful a bid to ‘self-medicate’, Lancs Live reports.

The inquest heard she was recovered unresponsive astatine her person Charlie’s location successful Heysham aboriginal connected September 1.

Charlie’s parent Voirrey Wilde told the court: ‘At astir 1 o’clock, I woke up to Charlie shouting “Jorja!” repeatedly.

‘I knew thing was wrong. I recovered her slumped connected the sofa. Her lips were blue, and she was unresponsive.’

A post-mortem introspection showed Jorja had respective medicine medications successful her strategy astatine the clip of her decease – including heroin substitute methadone.

Her origin of decease was listed arsenic multi-medication toxicity with EUPD listed arsenic a contributory factor.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, Area Coroner Kate Bisset said: ‘I deliberation it is close to grounds this is not idiosyncratic who is taking drugs for a precocious and chasing a thrill.

‘Her mental health was a existent conflict for her and taking medicine was an effort to triumph that battle.’

Maria described her girl arsenic ‘quietly spoken, intelligent and kind’. The coroner besides agreed Jorja was ‘very overmuch a escaped spirit’.

A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: ‘We received a ailment successful March 2024 related to this matter. The ailment remains nether reappraisal by our Professional Standards Department.

‘At this time, it would beryllium inappropriate to remark further.’

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