A young woman who had been out Christmas shopping with her mother had a long bath and then took her own life - two days before Christmas Day.

Danielle Buckley, 29, had suffered severe mental health problems for much of her life, an inquest at Bradford Coroner’s Court heard today. She was formally diagnosed with an anxiety disorder as far back as 2005.

Her father Shane said in a statement read by coroner’s officer Bernard Tate she had a great phobia of dentists and doctors as well as an anxiety about cancer despite none of her family having a history of the disease.

He said that on the day of her death, December 23, 2017, Danielle and her mother Michelle had been out Christmas shopping but it had not been easy.

Mr Buckley said: “Danielle went straight to her room. Michelle was very upset and said she was having a bad day.”

He said that Danielle said she was going for a long bath “and around an hour passed before I went up to Danielle’s room.

“I opened the door and the lights were off. Danielle was laid on the bed under the duvet. I thought something didn’t look right.”

He tried to resuscitate her before paramedics and the police arrived.

Det Con Darren Head of Calderdale CID said: "We were informed quite early that it was unlikely that she would survive. It was unlikely that there would be any pain after a very short period of time.”

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Assistant Coroner Kirsty Gomersal asked him to describe notes that Danielle had written to her parents shortly before she died.

He said: “An explanation as to how she has got to this moment in time. A heartfelt personal message to mum and dad.

“It appears she has written that at the time to say goodbye.”

Miss Gomersal said that the self-employed administrator had died at her home address in Ripponden.

The cause of death was asphyxia/suffocation.

She said: “She intended the cause of her own actions to be her own death.”

She said Danielle was a “much-loved daughter of Michelle and Shane, a clever young lady” who was described as "delightful".

She added that: “It’s clear that she was a very special girl and no-one could have wanted for a family better than she had.”