Inquest hears Love Island star Caroline Flack was found hanging

The 40-year-old TV star was found dead at her London home last Saturday.

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An inquest into her death, which opened at Poplar Coroner's Court in east London, on Wednesday morning heard that police officers driving through Northwold Road, Stoke Newington, were flagged down and alerted to the death.

Coroner's officer Sandra Polson said they were told that Ms Flack was ‘found lying on her back’ and ‘she had apparently been found hanging’.

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

Her body was identified by her sister, Jody Flack.

The inquest heard the provisional cause of death was given as suspension by ligature.

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

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