An inquest heard today found a 23-year-old Harrogate woman died of suicide.

Lisbeth Badrock lived on Leeds Road in Harrogate and was six years into a gender reassignment process when she died.

Today the inquest, held at Northallerton Coroners Court, heard her cause of death on November 16, 2021 was suicide.

Ms Badrock was transitioning from male to female, and had begun the process of taking hormonal medication.

The lead clinician in Ms Badrock’s care, Dr Laura Charlton, said she had spoken at length with Ms Badrock about her transition. Having been on medication for some time the next step would have been surgery.

Dr Charlton had discussed her surgical options and said Ms Badrock said she felt she would benefit from facial and neck surgery.

Mark Vickers, another member of Ms Badrock’s care team, said he had spoken to her in the months prior to her death about her mood levels.  She had reported her mood was dependent on the hormone medication she was taking but that is was generally good.

He had arranged for another appointment in January 2022.

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The inquest heard that  when speaking to officers following her death, her family and partner said she suffered with “bouts of depression”.

Ms Badrock’s father, Jonas Hartley, also gave a statement about his daughter who was working as a care worker at the time of her death. He said:

“She was generally happy, we thought she was becoming the Beth she wanted to be. I didn’t think she was at risk”.

Concluding the inquest, coroner Mr Jonathan Leach said:

“It is clear to me Beth was a 23-year-old in the midst of transitioning for which she was supported by doctors, colleagues and family. I am satisfied on this count due to the manor of her death that it was intentional and I conclude it as a suicide.”