A woman with a history of mental health issues cut her wrists before she died in a house fire, an inquest has heard. Jeanette Conlon, 49, died on February 18 last year after emergency services were called to reports of a house fire at her home near Caerphilly.
An inquest at Gwent Coroners' Court on Wednesday, July 13, heard Ms Conlon, of Clos Trefin, Pontllanfraith, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had recently been admitted to hospital after overdosing on her medication. She had undergone a physical assessment and was later discharged from hospital and was referred to her GP in the days before her death.
The inquest heard police and paramedics were called to Ms Conlon's home at around 10.41am on February 18after neighbours heard an alarm going off but were unable to contact her. A statement from PC Gareth Morgan said Gwent Police officers arrived at 10.52am and forced entry to Ms Conlon's home after finding the front door locked. After finding nothing downstairs they climbed the stairs where they found Ms Conlon unresponsive in the bathroom with lacerations to her wrists and neck. Officers said no blood was present at the house but a knife was found in the bathroom sink.
