A TAUNTON woman took her own life after writing she "could not live in a world of such injustice" years after her stepfather was cleared of raping her.

Juliet Crew, 22, was found dead at her home on August 6 last year after hanging herself.

In a notebook found after a police search, the former Queen's College student spoke of her pain after a jury found her stepfather, church organist Nigel Parkin, not guilty of sexually assaulting her after a trial in 2012.

One of her entries was read out to the inquest.

It said: “I have made my decision, I cannot live in such a world of injustice”

“I am happy now. Death is a cure for me.”

Senior Coroner Tony Williams heard statements from her GP Dr William Chandler and Dr Sara Oak, a psychiatric doctor at Rydon Ward, stating Juliet had come to the attention of mental health services at the age of 14 when she took an overdose and began to self harm.

The inquest heard in 2010, she told her mother her step-father had allegedly abused her, from the ages of seven to 16.

However, after a trial in 2012, he was found not guilty on a number of charges and a jury could not reach a verdict on the other charges against him.

A judge ruled it would be an abuse of process if a retrial went ahead, the coroner was told.

A statement from her mother, Judith Parkin, detailed how Miss Crew tried to attend Nottingham University but returned home a few weeks later in 2012 and 2013 due to feeling depressed and anxious.

In February 2014, Juliet met with mental health teams and reported she was having trouble sleeping and was having suicidal thoughts, the inquest heard.

She was prescribed anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medication in low doses.

Juliet was concerned about a diagnosis of emerging personality disorder and was convinced she was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She spoke to mental health teams about her concerns, even going as far to request different forms of treatment.

Miss Crew continued to self harm over a period of a few years and was taken to hospital a number of times for treatment.

In April 2015 she took a huge overdose and was admitted to Rydon Ward at Musgrove Park Hospital with doctors debating whether she needed treatment in intensive care.

The coroner also shared a number of emails and text messages between the former Queen's College student and the former head teacher of Queen's College, Chris Alcock, in which she talked about the sexual abuse she had allegedly suffered and frequently spoke about ending her own life.

Miss Crew's family said they had concerns about the nature of their relationship being "inappropriate" and at the inquest, displayed their anger at the fact that he had not reported the contents of the messages to anyone.

Claudine Brown, a project manager for Somerset Partnership, told the coroner the trust carried out a serious case review and were reviewing the way they communicate with young people and are reviewing interventions into survivors of sexual abuse, following Juliet's death.

Speaking after the conclusion of the inquest, Juliet's sister Fiona Crew said: "I know that nothing can bring Juliet back, but I think that she wanted to get the message forward that specialist care for abuse survivors is very important to her.

"It would be a real tribute to her."

The coroner recorded a cause of death as hanging, and a conclusion of suicide.