Mum's tragic final words before she killed herself after benefits cut

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Disabled mum-of-nine's heartbreaking final words before she killed herself after her benefits were stopped

THE heartbreaking final words a disabled mum-of-nine uttered before she killed herself have been revealed.

Jodey Whiting, 42, lost her benefits in February 2017 after she missed a health review, an inquest heard.Jody's mum Joy Dove is pictured with Jody's daughter Emma BellShe had suffered a brain cyst and a curved spine so she could barely make it through her front door in Stockton, Teesside.Joy Dove, Jodey's mum

Her heartbroken family broke down in tears as they accused the DWP’s actions being the “trigger” for Jodey taking her own life.“The DWP has blood on their hands over my Jodey.”reported.'THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW'Inside the property officers discovered notes left by the grandmother near to her body. The inquest heard she had overdosed before, but the “extreme stress” inflicted by the DWP pushed Jodey over the edge.She became an increasingly regular fixture at her GP’s surgery in the months before her death, along with a hospital stint.

Yet despite battling back problems since birth, the DWP ended her claims for Employment Support Allowance after she missed the appointment.The DWP accepts it should have responded to correspondence from Jodey and her family before her death, and taking responsibility for the "unacceptable" calls and letters it sent after she died.

 

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Well now what happens to nine children selfishness .i can understand the feeling of not wanting to:carry on but it’s not just your own life here.

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