Two girls jump to deaths in double suicide tragedy

TWO “bright, caring” teenage British girls who committed suicide by throwing themselves 120ft from the 11th floor of a block of flats left text messages to their families revealing their pain, an inquest heard yesterday.

Lisa Utton, aged 18, of Rochford, Essex, and Danielle Waddington, aged 16, of Southend, Essex, were found at the foot of a tower block in Southend in the early hours of November 16. They had walked out of a hospital accident and emergency department 70 minutes earlier. Recording a verdict of suicide, Southend coroner Peter Dean said it was a "double tragedy".

Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Simon Dinsdale said: "We are left with deliberate intentional acts with two young ladies who are not under the influence of drugs and do not have high levels of alcohol just above, but not markedly, the drink drive level.