Donna Oettinger who was killed by train with child 'denied psychiatric treatment'

Mother and baby died on train tracks in south London in March 2013 Inquest hears mother had taken an overdose three months earlier She was promised home psychiatric help, but was later told not available, inquest told Doctorsays home team could not provide psychiatric home care but he did try to assign a care coordinator

By Richard Spillett for MailOnline

Published: 09:56 EST, 31 March 2015 | Updated: 14:00 EST, 31 March 2015

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Donna Oettinger and her baby Zaki died on a train track after the mother was told she couldn't getpsychiatric help, an inquest has heard

A mother cradling her three-year-old son lay down in front of a train after being told by her psychiatrist 'I can't help you', an inquest has heard.

Donna Oettinger, 41, had been denied urgent psychiatric help in the months before she and her son Zaki died on train tracks in south London in March 2013, it was claimed.

Just three months before her death, she took an overdose while visiting a friend in Yorkshire and was 'disappointed' to have survived, the inquest was told.

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Donna Oettinger who was killed by train with child 'denied psychiatric treatment'