Kiena Dawes was found dead by a railway and left a note reading 'I was murdered', a trial has heard.
A vulnerable young woman would not have taken her own life if she had been treated in a "loving" way, a court has heard.
Ms Dawes, who had a history of fragile mental health, left a note which said "I was murdered" and that her partner, Mr Wellings, had "killed me", the court has heard. Paul Greaney KC asked the witness: "If she had been treated in an appropriate, loving way, do you think she still would have killed herself?"He said a series of factors had made a "more than minimal contribution" to the decision by Ms Dawes to take her own life.
Defence expert witness Seena Fazel, professor of forensic psychiatry at Oxford University, said someone with EUPD was nine times more likely to take their own life than the general population.
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