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A woman whose flat was raided as part of a mass drugs operation across Dover was found dead exactly two months later, an inquest heard.
Amy Marsh was one of 21 people charged following raids on 36 properties across the early hours of February 4, 5 and 6 this year.
The 27-year-old had also been charged in February 2018 after police found her carrying a 5in blade in her bag.
Ms Marsh, who has a long history of drug abuse and mental health conditions, was discovered in her flat in Wolfe Terrace on April 5 - the day after her 27th birthday.
She was lying on a mattress surrounded by drug paraphernalia.
A note saying 'love you lots and I always will' was found nearby but this wasn't sufficient evidence for the assistant coroner Joanne Andrews to rule a conclusion of suicide at her inquest, yesterday.
Instead she gave a conclusion of a drugs related death, with the cause of death as 1a Olanzapine Toxicity - an antipsychotic drug she had been prescribed by her GP.
Multiple other drugs, both illicit and prescribed, were found in her system. These including morphine, cocaine and ibuprofen.
Detective sergeant Richard Lown of Kent Police who attended the scene had been concerned about the '"big round dents" in Ms Marsh's door.
But he told the hearing at the Archbishops Palace in Maidstone that his colleagues confirmed these corresponded with police forcing entry to her flat during a raid in February.
Ms Marsh was known to the Community Mental Health Team but had a history of disengagement.
In January 2020, she had told a nurse that she thought she should be sectioned and that "no-one was taking her seriously".
She had told professionals that she suffered with disturbed sleep, low appetite and hearing voices, and also spoke that she thought that "the devil was going to get her".
When she told the team that she was also worried she was going to "put a knife to somebody's throat" and had also considered suicide, regular appointments were scheduled.
But after she failed to attend these appointments throughout January 2020 her care was referred to her GP Dr Richards.
Her last correspondence with the GP was on January 28.
