TikTok star 'overdosed in months before her death'

A TikTok star who died after taking a poison she ordered online had overdosed on prescribed medication in the months before her death, an inquest heard.

Imogen Nunn, 25, died at her Brighton flat on New Year's Day 2023 after taking a poisonous substance.

An inquest into her death was told Ms Nunn, who was born deaf and used social media to raise awareness of hearing and mental health issues, saw a consultant psychiatrist on three occasions in the months prior to her death.

Dr Simon Baker, of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, said meetings were held after she overdosed on medication and after an incident of self-harm but that no changes were made to her care on either occasion.

Dr Baker, who also saw Ms Nunn three days before her death, said she had "pretty much the maximum amount of support".

Asked by Penelope Schofield, the senior coroner for West Sussex, if he felt Ms Nunn was safe to remain in the community, Dr Baker said: "She had a very comprehensive package of care. She was seeing a psychologist once a week."

He added that Ms Nunn did not present as "acutely suicidal" at the time of the meeting, but the overdose was "on the spectrum" of self-harm.

Asked if the overdose could have been an attempt to end her life, Dr Baker said: "There is a distinction between deliberate self-harm and suicidal acts."

The inquest previously heard how Dr Baker had attended Ms Nunn's home with her care co-ordinator Ray McCullagh on 29 December, 2022, but no British Sign Language interpreter was in attendance.

Ms Nunn, known as Immy, had more than 780,000 followers on her social media accounts.

The inquest at West Sussex Coroner's Court in Horsham continues on Friday.

Additional reporting by PA Media.

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