Doctors shocked after tests reveal 'strange and unusual' cause of uni graduate's death in Northern Quarter flat

A university graduate was found dead in her Northern Quarter flat in 'very strange and unusual' circumstances, an inquest heard.

Arina Vaisvilaite's body was discovered face down in her bedroom by her flatmate on April 12 last year.

An apparent suicide note was found by police on top of a pile of papers on a desk close by - but further investigations revealed a surprising cause of death.

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Ms Vaisvilaite, 25, had a history of depression; had told friends she was undergoing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder; had recently gone through a relationship break-up; and had previously spoken of suicide, an inquest at Manchester Coroners' Court heard.

But, there were no signs of self-harm and toxiciology reports found no evidence of a drugs overdose.

In fact Ms Vaisvilaite, who was originally from Lithuania and worked on a temporary basis for the Information Commissioner's Office, died due to serious complications of undiagnosed diabetes which caused a 'sudden and acute cardiac arrest'.

Senior coroner Nigel Meadows described the graduate's death as a 'very strange and unusual case'.

The inquest heard Ms Vaisvilaite - a keen pianist and football fan - first came to the UK around 2014 to study at Leeds University, but dropped out after the first year and returned to Lithuania.

She later returned to the UK to study history at Kings College in London, before going on to study sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating with a first class honours degree in September 2020.

After leaving university, she began temping at the Information Commissioner's Office.

The inquest heard she had a