Stephanie Louise Jenkins died on January 13 at the age of just 22 after taking pills containing dinitrophenol, more widely known as DNP.

DNP is a toxic chemical with a variety of industrial uses including fertilisers, dye manufacturing and explosives - but it is also sold illegally in so-called 'diet pills'.

It was officially classified as a regulated poison by the UK government in 2023, after a number of deaths.

Area Coroner Yvonne Blake. (Image: Denise Bradley)

At an inquest into Ms Jenkins' death, Area Coroner Yvonne Blake said: "This partly seems to be down to DNP. This is a drug-related death; a chemical-struck, drug-related death."

Ms Jenkins had experienced a fraught and complicated relationship with food and weight for many years before her tragic death in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (N&N).

A statement read out in court from Neil Bowron, Consultant in Gastroenterology at the hospital, said: "She sadly suffered a cardiac arrest.........

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