Experienced skydiver deliberately plunged to death, coroner finds
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A British woman who fell to her death skydiving the day after breaking up with her boyfriend took her own life, an inquest has found.

A verdict of suicide was recorded on Thursday over the death of Jade Damarell who died after crashing on farmland in County Durham, north-east England, on April 27, reports the BBC.

The inquest heard the 32-year-old was a “very experienced skydiver”, but had not tried to deploy either her main or reserve parachutes.

A British inquest found skydiver Jade Damarell took her own life after breaking up with her boyfriend. (BBC)

All her equipment was working correctly, and a helmet camera she previously switched on was not used on the day of her death.

Weather conditions on the day of her death were good, the inquest was told.

Assistant coroner Leslie Hamilton said Damarell had completed more than 500 jumps and the sport was one of her passions.

He read a summary of a statement from her former partner which said that they “had ended their relationship the night before”.

He said that they had met through a shared love of skydiving.

A previous post-mortem found Damarell was killed from “blunt trauma”.

Toxicological tests found she had no drink or drugs in her.

Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.

Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467.

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