Glamour model found hanged by young son after drinking 'spiralled out of control' 

Glamour model found hanged by young son after drinking 'spiralled out of control'

A FORMER glamour model was found hanged by her young son after her drinking had ''spiralled out of control'', an inquest heard today.

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By Paul Harper / Published 5th July 2018

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MODEL: Monica McDermott was a successful motorbike calendar pin up

Magazine pin up Monica McDermott, 44, had checked into a rehabilitation clinic months before she died.
She had also suffered an alcohol induced coma and been banned from driving after a successful modelling career.
Last December 5, a row broke out at her home in Macclesfield, Cheshire when her 12-year old son and her mother had to wrestle wine from her.
The boy subsequently found his mother dead the same evening.

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MENTAL HEALTH: Monica had battled depression and alcoholism

Tragically, her mum Noreem told the inquest that she can “still her her grandson’s screams now”.
Miss McDermott was taken to hospital in a critical condition but died a week later after doctors discovered the incident left her with severe brain damage.
This week a coroner ruled she hanged herself as ''cry for help'' but did not intentionally try to kill herself.
The Warrington hearing was told Miss McDermott had forged a successful career in modeling.

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LOVING MUM: She was a 'caring' mother to her 12-year-old son

She modelled at Brands Hatch as a Ducati Corse girl and also featured on the SBK World Superbike Championship calendar as well as modelling in various glamour magazines.
But away from the camera and glamorous lifestyle, Miss McDermott was drinking heavily and was banned from the roads for drink driving in 2012 and 2015.
Her mother Noreen McDermott said in a statement: ''She led a very clean life.
“She was interested in herbal remedies, was conscious of germs and had an obsession with steam cleaning.

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HIDDEN: Away from glamorous lifestyle, she had a drink problem

"Myself and the family did not realise that Monica had a problem with alcohol until around 2015.
“She then collapsed in 2016 due to her being in an alcohol induced coma and we became aware that her drinking had spiralled out of control.”
Noreen described her daughter as an “independent lady, a successful model and a loving, caring mother to her son”.
In the open verdict coroner Claire Welch said: ''My view is that I cannot be satisfied so that I am sure that she did it with the intention of ending her life.