A WOMAN’S body was found hanged by her neighbour, an inquest heard.

And the Huddersfield hearing was told it was her fourth attempt at suicide.

Janet Ware, of Quaker Bottom, High Flatts had been suffering from mental health problems including depression when she took her own life in December last year.

Yesterday, a coroner’s court heard how the 61-year-old woman had made three previous attempts to take her own life.

It is believed that on November 14, Ms Ware had laid down on the M62 motorway in front of traffic.

A lorry driver swerved to avoid hitting her and called police who put her in touch with the Crisis team.

On her second attempt, Ms Ware laid between railway lines but the train passed straight over her and she sustained no injuries.

The High Flatts woman who lived alone in a small cottage, had also made an attempt to breathe exhaust fumes from her car.

On December 19, just over a month after the motorway incident, Ms Ware’s elderly mother had made several attempts to contact her but had got no answer.

She asked her friend and neighbour to check up on her as she feared an accident of some sort.

Carole Hirst went in to the house having found the door shut but unlocked.

After searching for her, she discovered Ms Ware’s body in the attic.

In a post-mortem, doctors discovered that she had five times the known fatal dosage level of the antidepressant Mirtazaprine.

However her blood alcohol level was the equivalent to a pint of beer.

Her death was due to asphyxia, or suffocating due to hanging.

Coroner Professor Paul Marks said that based on the previous attempts at suicide and the discovery of a note she had left addressed to her friends, he recorded a verdict of suicide.