Mother Yi Chen who stabbed her son, 5, to death in London left a note saying 'I ... trends now
A mother wrote a note saying 'I am a bad person' before she stabbed her five-year-old son to death and then took her own life.
The bodies of Yi Chen and her son Xingduan Yuan were discovered by her husband at their London home after he returned from taking their other son to school.
In the run up to the murder-suicide Chen, 37, had been seeking psychiatric support for depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, migraines and insomnia from NHS and private practitioners.
On June 21 last year, husband Shuai Yuan drove back to their £800,000 Barnet home via the pharmacist to pick up medication for his wife - he had been under the impression her condition had been improving.
Upon his return he found their bedroom door was locked and heard no response from his wife or son, panicked he called the police and forced his way in.
Yi Chen, 37, left a suicide note saying that she had taken her son Xingduan with her and said 'I am a bad person'
Husband Shuai Yuan discovered the bodies at their £800,000 Barnet home after dropping off their other son at school
On June 14, less than week before, she had a zoom meeting with a psychiatrist attended by her husband but was not seen in person by him.
Her husband Yuan updated the psychiatrist and they had agreed a management plan.
Mr Yuan told North London Coroner's Court via video link he was under the impression his wife's condition was improving but in hindsight realised she had been hiding what was happening.
He said previously she had been open with GPs, psychologists and a private psychiatrist about her suicidal thoughts.
He added: 'From what I saw, I believed she was getting better but now I realise she was getting worse and chose to hide it from me.'
Senior coroner Andrew Walker recounted father's version of events that day.
