Body of teenage trans woman lay undiscovered in her flat for two days, inquest hears

The body of an 18-year-old trans woman, who had fled persecution in Saudi Arabia, wasn’t found for two days, an inquest has heard. 

Emma Alraabeah fled to the UK in 2022, aged 16. Emergency services were called to her flat in Harlow, Essex, last June after a friend told them of Alraabeah’s talk about taking her own life and the fact she hadn’t answered any calls or texts for two days. 

Senior coroner for Essex Lincoln Brookes recorded a verdict of suicide, the BBC reported.

Struggled with ‘issues of self-neglect’

The coroner heard that Alraabeah began identifying as trans/non-binary at the age of14 and had told her GP that changing gender in Saudi Arabia could result in prison or death. The persecution she would’ve faced led her to come to the

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