Ex-Camelot executive dies at West London home after laxatives overdose

A ‘very thin’ former Camelot executive who suffered from anorexia for years was found dead at her West London home after overdosing on laxatives, an inquest has heard.

Alexia Latham was found unresponsive in the hallway of her home in Paddington on June 28 last year surrounded by boxes of constipation medication.

Westminster Coroner’s Court was told today that the 48-year-old had dealt with anorexia for years and had been seeing her GP for the condition.

The court was told that the Cambridge University graduate most likely died of dehydration caused by a combination of her anorexia and the laxatives she had taken.

Ms Latham, who was born in Vienna and moved to London at the age of 15, was found ‘very underweight’ by paramedics when they arrived at her home at 4.50pm.