A MOTHER was found dead in her home by paramedics.

The ambulance was called to help Heather French at her home in Victoria Road, Portslade, this week but she was dead at the scene.

An inquest into her death opened yesterday, and pathologist Dr Mark Taylor recorded a provisional cause of death as hanging.

Coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley was told Ms French was 58-years-old, from Horsham, and worked as a psychotherapist.

Coroner’s officer Claire Rogers said emergency services were called at 12.51 on Tuesday.

Ms French had been found hanging, but was pronounced dead at the scene.

She is survived by her son, sister, two brothers, her mother and her father, the inquest was told.

A full hearing was set for February 19, next year.