A grieving bride-to-be hanged herself after believing she could go 'half way' to heaven to say a last good bye to her dead best friend, an inquest has heard.

Jazmine Howarth, 25, from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, claimed she could 'control' death and meet up with her friend, mother-of-one Dionne Corbett, before returning 'to the land of the living'.

But 24 hours after visiting Ms Corbett's body in a chapel of rest, Ms Howarth was found dead in a community garden near her home by her fiance.

Grieving bride-to-be Jazmine Howarth, 25, (left) hanged herself after believing she could go 'half way' to heaven to say a last good bye to her dead best friend, Dionne Corbett, 25, (right) an inquest has heard

An inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court was told Ms Howarth had written a number of letters saying she wanted to meet Ms Corbett, also 25, 'for one last time' before coming back so she could 'carry on with her life'.

She died on March 11, two weeks after call centre worker Ms Corbett hanged herself at her home in Bolton on February 26 following a battle with depression.

Ms Corbett and Ms Howarth had been best friends since they were toddlers and even talked about getting pregnant at the same time so they could 'go through it all together', the inquest was told.

Ms Howarth (pictured) from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, claimed she could 'control' death and meet up with Ms Corbett, before returning 'to the land of the living'

Following Ms Corbett's death, a devastated Ms Howarth agreed to speak at the funeral and went with her mother to see her body at the chapel of rest.

The hearing was told there had been no signs that Ms Howarth was intending to take her own life.

'We actually thought that she was much more settled than she had been in a long time,' said her aunt, Michelle Howarth.

'Obviously when her friend Dionne died she was absolutely devastated and the day before Jazmine took her own life she went to say goodbye to Dionne in the chapel with her mum. But there was no indication to her mum that she was thinking of joining her.

An inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court was told Ms Howarth (right) had written a number of letters saying she wanted to meet Ms Corbett (left) 'for one last time' before coming back so she could 'carry on with her life'

'The letter to her mum indicated that what ever she intended to do she thought she could control it. She was very much planning for the funeral, she was looking at reading, planning for that. I know nobody ever expects it but we weren't - it wasn't even on our radar.'

Ms Howarth's fiance Brendan Cawley told the inquest: 'They classed each other as sisters, one wouldn't do without the other. She broke down crying saying, "yeh but I promised I would go and get her".

'She said that she wanted to go and see her, go halfway to make sure she was alright. Two days before she died I woke up in the middle of the night and looked at Jazmine, she was writing on a piece of paper, I said "what are you doing". She said "nothing it's stupid". I thought in my head that it must be something to do with Dionne.'

Ms Corbett (pictured) and Ms Howarth had been best friends since they were toddlers and even talked about getting pregnant at the same time so they could 'go through it all together', the inquest was told

He said at the time of the incident a TV signal had been tuning in and out, adding: 'Jazmine said "I'm writing the words down because it could be Dionne telling me something".'

On the day of Ms Howarth's death, Mr Cawley said they had argued and his fiancee had ran away from the house, locking the door behind her.

He then went looking for her, and discovered her body.

Call centre worker Ms Corbett (pictured) hanged herself at her home in Bolton on February 26 following a battle with depression

'I think she kind of expected me to save her,' Mr Cawley said.

Recording a conclusion of death by misadventure, coroner Lisa Hashmi said she was not satisfied that Ms Howarth had intended to kill herself.

She said: 'I have no doubt that the loss of her close and very dear friend in very tragic circumstances would have had a profound effect. She attended the chapel of rest to say her goodbyes. I believe she would have found that cathartic.

'They had been of course very close, described as sisterly. Both had had conversations about what the other would do if one lost another, it may have underpinned her actions, but I could not say for sure what bearing, if any it had.'

'What I can't ignore are the letters, whilst it may be that some of them were drafted in the days before her death, described as a superstitious belief in Jazmine's mind, a number of letters were found that suggested that Jazmine wanted to speak to Dionne for one last time.

'That she believed she could meet Dionne and return to the land of living.. What I believe was a failure to appreciate how quick one could die. She had a mistaken belief that she could just pass beyond and return. Quite clearly that was a mistake on her part. It's probably the naivety of youth that resulted in her sad, tragic and untimely death.'

A narrative verdict was recorded into Dionne's death at an earlier hearing.