Bolton mother who killed herself and two daughters was ‘fixated on suicide’

Coroner says case of Tiffany Stevens, 27, and her young children is one of the saddest I have heard'

A mother who was fixated" on suicide for more than a decade fatally drugged her two young daughters before killing herself, an inquest has heard.

Tiffany Stevens, from Bolton, had feared 18-month-old Darcey Stevens and three-year-old Casey-Lea Taylor would be put into care after her death, the inquest heard.

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org.