Episode 1: Failing Matthew

2024-07-30

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In 2012, 20-year-old Matthew Leahy was sectioned in a mental health hospital in Essex. He had gone there for help for his declining mental health issues. But Matthew told his mother that he was seeing things on the ward that were criminal. In November 2012, he made a call to the police, and told them he had been drugged and raped. Four days later, he was dead. And every day since then, his mother Melanie Leahy, has fought for answers and her fight is one of the main reasons there is now a public inquiry. This is Matthew's...

In 2012, 20-year-old Matthew Leahy was sectioned in a mental health hospital in Essex. He had gone there for help for his declining mental health issues.

But Matthew told his mother that he was seeing things on the ward that were criminal. In November 2012, he made a call to the police, and told them he had been drugged and raped. Four days later, he was dead.

And every day since then, his mother Melanie Leahy, has fought for answers and her fight is one of the main reasons there is now a public inquiry.

This is Matthew's story. #matthewscampaign

Follow Melanie Leahy's fight for justice:

https://curementalhealth.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/470129540220825/

To find out more about the Lampard Inquiry:

https://lampardinquiry.org.uk/

Please note this episode includes both references to sexual assault, self-harm and suicide. If you need support, please see the links below to organisations that can help:

https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health & Identity support

https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK

https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans

https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA

https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia

https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland

https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)

https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA

https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia

https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland

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