A campaigner who suffered from stress and anxiety after her flat was rendered "unsellable" because of "harmful" cladding died as a result of misadventure, an inquest has heard. Amanda Walker previously took her situation to the House of Lords, where she said the costs of fixing fire hazards at her property, including polystyrene behind the walls, was "unpayable". The 51-year-old was found unresponsive at her flat in Clapham on January 31 by her mother and sister.
Inner West London Coroner's Court heard that a report from a doctor at the Falcon Medical Centre in south west London said she became involved "in issues regarding harmful cladding on her building" during the Covid lockdown. Summarising the report to the court on Wednesday, coroner Jean Harkin said: "He (the doctor) tells me that during lockdown, Amanda became involved in issues regarding harmful cladding on her building. She did not qualify for assistance to remove that cladding, and that basically rendered her property unsellable, and that caused her a great amount of stress and anxiety.
" READ MORE: The ‘luxury’ Croydon apartment block with ‘repulsive’ black mould where residents fear getting cholera "She campaigned relentlessly to the extent that it took up most her time and also her energy. She used alcohol and medications to help her get through that difficult period and to help her sleep." The coroner said Ms Walker died as a result of intoxication from alcohol and a morphine overdose.
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