Caroline Flack inquest: Love Island presenter hanged herself at home, coroner says

Caroline Flack hanged herself at home, an inquest into her death has heard.

Coroner's officer Sandra Polson said police had been driving through Northwold Road in Stoke Newington, north-east London, when they were flagged down on Saturday February 15.

Officers followed "informants" into Flack's home and found her "lying on her back... she had apparently been found hanging", the hearing at Poplar Coroner's Court, in east London, was told.

Police attempted resuscitation, which was continued by paramedics, but Flack was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her body was identified by her sister, Jody Flack. The inquest heard that the provisional cause of death was given as suspension by ligature.

The hearing, which lasted four minutes, was adjourned until August 5.

The coroner, Sarah Bourke, reminded those present not to make a sound recording during the hearing. No members of Flack's family were present.

Flack stepped down from presenting the current series of Love Island after an alleged assault on her boyfriend, Lewis Burton.

The TV star pleaded not guilty at a court hearing in December and was released on bail but ordered to stop having any contact with Mr Burton ahead of a trial, which had been due to begin in March.

Ahead of the inquest hearing, Flack's family released an unpublished Instagram post she wrote in which she said the domestic incident involving Mr Burton was an accident.

The note – which she was advised not to post – said: "Within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from under my feet and all the walls that I had taken so long to build around me, collapsed. I am suddenly on a different kind of stage and everyone is watching it happen."

Flack's death, confirmed on Saturday evening, was the latest connected to the ITV2 show and prompted a wave of grief from celebrity friends and members of the public.

The troubled dating show did not air on Saturday or Sunday as a mark of respect to her family. It returned on Monday with a tribute to Flack, who started hosting the programme in 2015.