Teen parents, including minor, off themselves in "suicide pact" after discovery of illegal images

[Jim Burton]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwygljqevz9o

Two teenagers found dead at a nature reserve in a suspected suicide pact had been arrested days earlier on suspicion of possessing an indecent image of a child, an inquest has heard.

The bodies of Jack Williams, 18, and Katherine Powell, 17, who had a child together, were found at Bothenhampton reservoir, near Bridport, Dorset, on 25 January 2022.

Coroner Brendan Allen started their inquest at Bournemouth Town Hall.

He said Katherine had told a social worker their relationship was "consistent with her being a victim of controlling and coercive behaviour".

Williams was first arrested in November 2021. He was then re-arrested, with Katherine, on 19 January the following year.

The inquest was told that neither Katherine nor the couple's child were the subject of the alleged image.

[BLueRibbon]

The UK really does specialize in making problems out of nothing.