Mental health blogger Beth Matthews dies after ingesting poison she ordered from Russia

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A British mental health blogger and accomplished yachtswoman died at a secure psychiatric facility after she ingested a poisonous substance she bought from Russia — telling staff it was protein powder.

Beth Matthews, 26, was not supposed to open her mail at The Priory Cheadle Royal hospital in 2022 but did so after “inconsistencies” in her care, an inquest was told Monday, the Manchester Evening News reported.

Police coroner’s officer Claire Smith said Matthews’ phone revealed an order of the substance from Russia, as well as several visits to online forums discussing suicide methods.

The Cornwall woman — who competed in the Fastnet yacht race when she was just 15 years old — died March 21, 2022, while under the supervision of the psychiatric hospital’s staff.

She was being treated in a secure ward for a personality disorder after being detained under the Mental Health Act for “specialist therapy,” the Times of London reported.

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