Caroline Flack’s death has been ruled as as suicide at the former Love Island presenter’s inquest.
Coroner Mary Hassell said: “The key decision for me to make is whether Caroline took her own life.
“I have to be satisfied she acted in a way so as to cause her death, and secondly that she intended to cause her death.
“In Caroline’s case I am entirely satisfied she intended to cause her own death.
“She hanged herself. She had only one expectation – her own death.
“There’s no doubt in my mind at all.”
Today was the second day of the inquest into Caroline Flack’s death (Image: Getty Images)
Hassell continued to say Caroline had suffered from “fluctuating mental ill health” which she had struggled with in the past.
The coroner added: “She’d had difficulties.”
While some may Caroline had a ‘charmed life’ the coroner said the “more famous she got the more of some of her difficulties surfaced”.
She added: “When things went wrong for her she did not have any privacy of that.
“That was obviously distressing for her.”
The coroner said: “She now knew that she was going to be prosecuted for certain and she knew that she would face the media, the press, the publicity.
“It would all come down upon her.
“To me that’s it in essence. That’s what happened.”
Caroline’s death was ruled as suicide by the coroner (Image: REUTERS)
Weeping, mum Christine replied: “I totally agree. I think you have got it spot on.
“It’s up to us if we want to take it any further but we don’t. You’ve got it exactly right.”
The coroner told her: “I’m very very sorry for the loss of such a young life in such a needless way.”
Today was the second day of the inquest into Caroline’s death.
Caroline was found hanged aged 40 at her home in Stoke Newington, north-east London, on February 15.
The inquest heard Caroline Flack’s mum says she was ‘disgusted’ at police over the treatment of her daughter.
Her mum also said her daughter ‘wasn’t an abuser’ in a tearful message.
Caroline had been due to stand trial for assaulting her boyfriend, former tennis player and model Lewis Burton in December, after police arriving at the bloodstained scene described it looking like “a horror movie”.
Caroline’s mum weeped as she said the coroner had got the verdict completely right (Image: Instagram)
She immediately stepped back from presenting duties.
Flack’s family had increased concerns about her mental state as the trial loomed, while Mr Burton also pleaded with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to drop the case.
Flack’s inquest was opened and adjourned during a four-minute hearing in Poplar, east London, on February 19 when the coroner heard the celebrity was found “lying on her back”.
She was declared dead at the scene and her body was identified by her twin sister, Jody Flack.
A family lawyer previously said the television personality died by suicide.
Her death prompted an outpouring of sorrow from celebrity friends, colleagues and fans, who referenced one of Flack’s social media posts from December in which she urged people to “be kind”.
Flack’s management team criticised the CPS for conducting a “show trial” which prompted a review into her death.
Caroline was found dead aged 40 at her home in Stoke Newington, north-east London, on February 15 (Image: PA)
However, the CPS found the case was handled “appropriately”.
Flack’s mother Chris said her daughter’s legal team and psychologist warned about the potential for the former Strictly champion to kill herself.
“The CPS were fully aware of these matters and the risk when they decided to continue the prosecution,” Mrs Flack said.
She described an allegation that her daughter hit Mr Burton over the head with a lamp as “false”.
She also said the claim was denied by both Mr Burton and Flack and “was completely inconsistent with the injury that Mr Burton sustained”.
Flack’s family also posthumously shared a social media post the troubled star had written but was persuaded by advisers not to publish before her death in which she disclosed having an “emotional breakdown”.
She wrote: “I’ve been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.
“But I am not a domestic abuser.
Caroline’s incident with boyfriend Lewis Burton was addressed at the inquest (Image: Internet Unknown)
“The reason I am talking today is because my family can’t take anymore.
“I’ve lost my job. My home. My ability to speak.
“And the truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.
“I’ve been pressing the snooze button on many stresses in my life – for my whole life.
“I’ve accepted shame and toxic opinions on my life for over 10 years and yet told myself it’s all part of my job. No complaining.
“The problem with brushing things under the carpet is …. they are still there and one day someone is going to lift that carpet up and all you are going to feel is shame and embarrassment.”
Her suicide was the latest connected to Love Island, following the deaths of contestants Mike Thalassitis, 26, in March 2019 and Sophie Gradon, 32, in June 2018.
Miss Gradon’s boyfriend Aaron Armstrong, 25, died three weeks after he found his girlfriend.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
