Pole dancer who made suicide pact with postie and left him to die takes own life

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An ex-pole dancer who was jailed after backing out of a suicide pact, leaving a postman to die, has since taken her own life, an inquest heard.

Natasha Gordon, 49, "changed her mind" after agreeing with Matthew Birkinshaw, 31, to take their lives together in a car at Rutland Water.

The pair met online on a suicide forum the day before making the pact. Mr Birkinshaw was found dead at Rutland Water on December 17, 2015.

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Ms Gordon, from Peterborough, was found guilty of encouraging him to take his own life and was jailed in 2018.

The inquest heard how she had a "record of anxiety" and had made attempts on her life before, the BBC reports. She was diagnosed with "emotionally unstable personality disorder" in 2017 and scored highly for signs of PTSD as a result of childhood trauma.

She had been suffering "abdominal issues" and during a hospital visit in December 2022 doctors said she had "recurrent suicidal ideations related to childhood emotional unstable personality disorder".

"Her physical problems worsened her mental health," the coroner said.

Earlier this year, her partner reported he had not heard from Ms Gordon for more than a week. Her landlord contacted the police, who visited her home on January 7.

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She had "been dead for some time" when she was found, the inquest heard, although an exact time of death has not been established.

The coroner concluded she died of suicide as a result of "fatal pressure on the neck". She was identified by her tattoo.

The coroner added it was "clear she had a number of ongoing struggles" but had not wanted "any mental health assistance".

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