AN inquest has opened into the death of a 37-year-old woman.

Tammy Powers was found dead at her home in Montpelier Terrace, Brighton, on March 14.

At Brighton Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, coroner’s officer Ariana Palermo said Ms Powers and her flatmates were due to be moving out, but a friend found her hanging at 11.40am.

The friend performed CPR.

Emergency services were called but Ms Powers was confirmed dead.

The court heard she had suffered with anxiety and depression.

The full inquest into her death has been adjourned until September 1 at 10.30am.