A teenager accused of killing their mother died hours after it was revealed they had a ‘life-threatening’ condition, an inquest has heard.
Rowan Thompson, who identified as non-binary and used the pronoun ‘they’, was days away from standing trial for murder.
The 18-year-old was found dead in their room at a secure mental health unit at Prestwich Hospital on October 3, 2020.
Rowan had collapsed a week earlier but doctors put it down to a change in their medication.
Blood tests later revealed Rowan was actually suffering from ‘severely low’ levels of potassium.