By Mark Duell Talented musician: Frances Andrade, 48, received psychiatric help only weeks before the trial A concert violinist was urged by police not to seek counselling before she gave evidence in court against a choirmaster who sexually abused her as a teenager - in case it altered her memory, a coroner heard today. The inquest into the death of Frances Andrade - who died of an overdose - was told that the talented musician increasingly struggled to cope with depression and anxiety in the year ahead of the trial of ex-choirmaster Michael Brewer. Mrs Andrade died at her home in Guildford, Surrey, in January 2013, just a week after giving evidence in court about the historic sexual abuse, which came to light when her friend reported it to Surrey Police two years earlier.
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Frances Andrade, 48, struggled to cope with depression and anxiety
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It was in the year ahead of the trial of ex-choirmaster Michael Brewer
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Mrs Andrade died at her home in Guildford, Surrey, in January 2013
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One week after giving evidence in court about historic sexual abuse
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Known as Fran, she was aged just 14 and 15 at the time of the abuse
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