An NHS nurse took her own life with an overdose after she was suspended from work for stealing medication from a hospital store, an inquest heard.
Emily Madeley, 29, took the hospital drugs so she could use them at home when she was left suicidal following a sexual assault.
She was eventually caught red-handed by colleagues and sent home from Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester, where she had worked in A&E and on a general medical ward specialising in diabetes care.
But on February 5, 2019 - just three days after being suspended by health chiefs pending a disciplinary inquiry - Miss Madeley was found unconscious at her apartment in Hale, Greater Manchester.
She died ten days later due to suffering fatal brain damage as a result of the overdose. Inquiries revealed she had made internet searches relating to suicide in the weeks before her death.
Emily Madeley, 29, was found unconscious in her flat in Hale, Greater Manchester, on February 5, 2019, just three days after being suspended by health chiefs
According to her LinkedIn profile, Miss Madeley - a former telephone counsellor - had become a nurse in 2013 after graduating from Leeds University with a degree in Adult Nursing and was said to working in the Clinical Decisions Unit, part of the emergency department.
But the Manchester inquest heard she suffered from various mental health issues including chronic anxiety, low mood symptoms and depression. She had previously taken an overdose and drank heavily.
Tamala Campbell, a psychological well-being nurse who treated her, said: 'There were issues in a relationship breakdown which led to low mood and low self-esteem.
'In July 2018, she was traumatically sexually assaulted and sustained physical injuries but she did not wish to pursue the complaint.
'At the time, she said she had suicidal
