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Teen mum, 19, found dead 41 days after giving birth to second child in Covid lockdown
lockdown.An inquest heard that Rhianne Halton, 19, hanged herself following an argument with her partner at their home where she was living with her newborn son.She left a heartbreaking note for her two young children, telling them "daddy will look after you".The coroner was told Rhianne wasn't able to have any face-to-face meetings with midwives or health visitors after she gave birth in March 2020, owing to the coronavirus restrictions in place at the time.However a review concluded that even if the restrictions had allowed them to meet, they would not have been able to prevent her death.Stephen Covell, assistant coroner for Plymouth and south Devon, heard Rhianne had been abandoned by her parents as a young child.From the age of six