Overview

• At Crook Coroner’s Court on August 21, Assistant Coroner Leslie Hamilton concluded that the 32-year-old intended to take her own life during the April 27 skydive in County Durham.
• British Skydiving reported no equipment faults, found no attempt to deploy the main or reserve parachute, and determined the automatic activation device had been switched off.
• Durham Police recovered a phone with a lock-screen instruction to check its notes, which included messages written around 2:30am apologising to family and listing financial details, with no evidence of third-party involvement.
• A post-mortem identified blunt trauma as the cause of death, toxicology tests were negative for alcohol or drugs, and a dropzone witness observed nothing unusual before the flight.
• The experienced parachutist had completed more than 500 jumps, including six the previous day, and her family accepted the ruling in a statement thanking the skydiving community and highlighting openness around mental-health support.