Tragic mum-of-four, 37, who ‘did anything to protect those she loved’ found dead at her ill child’s bedside in hospital

A MUM-OF-FOUR was tragically recovered dormant astatine her sick child's bedside successful hospital.

Staff came crossed Lindsey Owen's lifeless assemblage connected a fold-up furniture past May.

She had been sleeping successful a backstage country during a regular cheque connected her poorly kid astatine the Royal Stoke University hospital.

Lindsey, who lived successful Bold Street, Northwood, had been prescribed methadone successful an effort to travel disconnected drugs, an inquest heard.

However CCTV showed Lindsey leaving the infirmary the time earlier she died and its suspected she took drugs portion distant from the ward.

Coroner Lindsey Tonks said Lindsey had been utilizing drugs from a young age.

The toxicology study confirmed prescribed medicine and different controlled drugs and were contiguous successful her system.

Forensic pathologist Brett Lockyer said: “I gave the origin of decease arsenic mixed-drug intoxication.

"The drugs which person contributed to her decease included a substance of diamorphine oregon heroin, methadone, gabapentin, mirtazapine, codeine, and diazepam.

"All of those drugs together, they would person acted unneurotic successful bid to origin her decease by suppressing her respiratory strategy and causing her to spell into a heavy sleep.

"Lindsey would not person known thing astir what was happening to her.

"She would person conscionable wandered disconnected into a precise heavy slumber and past passed distant portion she was sleeping.”

A fundraiser has been acceptable up successful Lindsey's representation by her sister, Claudia who has shared a heartfelt tribute for the mum-of-four.

Claudia wrote: "Lindsey would person done thing to support the radical she loved.

"She would person fixed her past penny to anyone successful need.

"She was genuinely a benignant idiosyncratic who didn't merit to permission the satellite this soon."