A woman found dead in a park took her own life, an inquest heard.

Irene Toleveisiene was found by a woman walking her dog in the Fant Wildlife Area, off Roseholme, Maidstone, on the morning of Friday, March 18.

Police arrived and DS Kimberley Stockholm intended to perform CPR but soon realised it was too late and Ms Toleveisiene had already died.

The victim was identified by the contents of her handbag as Irena Toleveisiene, 56, a Lithuanian national, who had been reported missing the day before.

Death was confirmed at the scene by paramedics at 9.30am.

Ms Toleveisiene, who was divorced and unemployed, had come to England in 2011. She had been living with her son Erikas Toleveisiene and his wife and children in nearby Upper Fant Road.

The coroner read a report from Dr Saskia Renkema, Ms Toleveisiene's GP at the Blackthorn Medical Centre.

Dr Renkema said that Ms Toleveisiene was suffering from depression and had been on medication.

She was also having trouble sleeping and had been prescribed sleeping tablets.

Dr Renkema had rung Ms Toleveisiene a few days before her death to check that she wasn't also self-medicating with aspirin - as her patient had a history of TIA (transient ischaemic attacks) and so ought to be avoiding all aspirin.

But the doctor said she had been unable to communicate well enough with Ms Toleveisiene by telephone because of her patient's poor English, and so had asked that she make an appointment to visit the surgery.

Ms Tolevesiene was also being cared for by the mental health crisis team and had been visited on the day that she went missing by health worker Claire Luck, accompanied by an interpreter.

She noted that Ms Toleveisiene's family thought they had noticed some slight improvement in her mood in the previous few days and had been participating more in jobs around the house.

Ms Toleveisiene had insisted she was not having suicidal thoughts, although she had told her son the week before that she was thinking of taking her own life.

Miss Luck wrote her a new prescription and left.

Afterwards, Ms Toleveisiene told her daughter-in-law that she would go to the pharmacy to pick up her tablets - it was the first time she had been outside the house for two weeks.

She did visit the pharmacy; she also called into the local Spar shop and bought a bottle of water, but she never returned home.

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Her son reported her missing at 7.21pm and police conducted a search of the local area - including the Fant Wildlife Area.

An appeal was made on social media for people to watch out for her.

Coroner Bina Patel heard that a toxicology analysis revealed no traces of alcohol or drugs in the body and that a post mortem examination revealed no other injuries.

DS Stockholm, who investigated the death, was satisfied that there had been no third party involvement.

Ms Toleveisiene had left no note, neither at the scene nor at home, but the coroner was satisfied that on the strength of the evidence, Ms Toleveisiene had taken her own life and had intended to do so.