"But since she returned from police interview she was described by him as distant. She was embarrassed about that arrest. After the police interview she was described as in a stressed and anxious state."

Swansea Coroner's Court heard that Mr Higginson collected Miss Hollow from her work.

He took her home to the house they shared with their pet dogs in Gorseinon, Swansea.

Mr Griffiths said Miss Hollow ran a bath and then left the water in for her partner to share in July last year. But he couldn't see her when he had finished - and then heard the song Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls playing.

It has the lyric: "And I don't want the world to see me, cause I don't think they would understand, when everything is made to be broken I just want you to know who I am."

Mr Griffiths said: "He heard the same piece of music being played in the garage and found her hanging.

"He released the ligature and performed CPR on her before calling the emergency services and continuing to perform CPR until the paramedics arrived."

The inquest in Swansea was told medics regained a pulse but that Miss Hollow later died in Morriston Hospital, Swansea.