A WELL-known motivational speaker who grew up in Hampshire took her own life, an inquest heard.

The death of Susie Barron-Stubley sparked an outpouring of grief from people who were inspired by her through her work training personal assistants across the world.

Winchester Coroner’s Court heard how the 45-year-old was staying with her parents in Kings Worthy near Winchester on October 29 last year following a relationship breakdown with her partner Stephen Walton.

She went missing on November 1 and her body was found in North Walls Recreation Ground in the early hours of November 2 following a police search.

Her death also saw an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. However, senior coroner Grahame Short said there were no failings made by the police.

The inquest heard how she was likely suffering from bipolar disorder but was never officially diagnosed. She was on medication for depression and had attempted suicide before.

Partner Stephen Walton said they had relationship difficulties and she suffered “mood swings”.

Police originally listed Ms Barron-Stubley, of Shepherd’s Hill in Reading, as a high-risk missing person, the inquest heard. She was later downgraded to medium risk due to a lack of information.

Search adviser PC Robin Dimond said police struggled to trace her movements as she had no phone, bank cards or vehicle.

Police centred their efforts to find her on her parents’ home but later found out she had asked for help at the closed-down North Walls police station where she left a message via the intercom and briefly spoke to call handler Peter Bray at 10.48pm. Mr Bray told the inquest how she said she needed help and said her name was Susie Barron, but when he asked for more details she terminated the call.

He searched for her name on the police system but, due to a spelling error inputted by another officer, involved in the case he couldn’t find details until an hour later when by chance he spoke to Mr Walton.

When police discovered the intercom message they conducted a search around the old police station and looked at CCTV footage. They believed Ms Barron-Stubley’s had walked in the direction of Park Avenue towards River Park Leisure Centre. Officers were deployed to this area and her body was later found at the nearby recreation ground.

Pathologist Dr Raid Al-Talib told the inquest Ms Barron-Stubley died as a result of carbon monoxide and fluoxetine poisoning. She was also nearly twice the drink-drive limit according to toxicology results.

Senior coroner Grahame Short recorded her death as suicide and said her reasons were “unclear”, describing her as a troubled person who had not been properly diagnosed with bi-polar disorder.