An Almondbury woman was found hanged at her home by her fiance just weeks before they were due to marry, an inquest has heard.

Leanne Baker, 35, died in hospital on June 2, last year after attaching a tie to the banister at her home in Fleminghouse Lane.

An inquest heard yesterday at Kirklees Court how Leanne had suffered from depression five years earlier.

She had recovered with treatment and medication but anxiety and stress had returned in April 2013 and that culminated in her taking an overdose in May.

The court heard Leanne, who worked as a retail manager, was anxious about her imminent marriage ceremony abroad as she did not like being the centre of attention.

She had told her parents and fiance about her fears that her depression had returned and she worried she wouldn’t be well enough to go ahead with her wedding abroad.

She told the mental health team that she had no doubt about spending her life with her partner David.

The court heard on May 4, 2013, Leanne took an overdose of Paracetamol and attempted to take her own life and was admitted to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for two weeks.

She was seen by mental health services as an outpatient at Folly Hall on May 16.

Leanne told practitioner Victoria Wilford at that appointment she did not regret her overdose actions and had ‘thoughts of not wanting to be here’.

After the appointment her parents agreed to be with her when her fiance was at work so she was rarely alone.

She was referred for home-based intensive treatment by a Community Psychiatric team as an alternative to hospital.

She was in contact with the team daily and was said to be showing signs of getting better.

But her anxiety over her wedding was affecting her mood and she had suicidal thoughts but repeatedly said she was not going to act on it.

But the court heard on June 2 her fiance left her at home to visit his mother but she was found hanged when he returned.

Coroner Mary Burke said that she was satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that Leanne was fully aware of the consequences of her actions.

Ms Burke, who expressed her sympathy to the family, concluded: “I am also satisfied she intended the consequences would be to end her own life.

“In conclusion Leanne Baker has killed herself”.

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