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A mother threatened with eviction from the house where her son took his own life was found hanged in the same spot, an inquest heard.

Frances McCormack, aged 53, had been badgered for Bedroom Tax after the death of her 16 year old son Jack Allen in 2013, the coroner heard.

The eviction notice arrived at her home the same day Ms McCormack's body was discovered on August 10 last year.

A handwritten note was found in her bedroom, part of which was addressed to David Cameron on the hardship the Bedroom Tax was causing.

It was dated 10 days earlier and made no mention of the eviction notice, the inquest heard.

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Close friend Natalie Richardson discovered the body of Ms McCormack, a school cook, at her home in Maltby, near Rotherham.

She had meant to call earlier but had been delayed while out shopping.

She told the Doncaster inquest: "Frances had spoken to me previously about the property.

"She wanted to buy into it, it was where the three boys were raised and where Jack took his last breaths, ate his last meal and spoke his last words.

"She was a very strong woman, very strong minded. I felt she was getting a lot better with herself. She had decided to go out a bit more, she had started going to the gym, she was very focused and always had something to do.

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"She never gave me any kind of inkling and was strong for me when my partner passed away. She was my rock."

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Ms McCormack's death came when she was contributing to Rotherham Council's suicide prevention work after several suicides among young people in the town.

Her ex husband, Jimmy Allen, who remained on good terms with Ms McCormack said: "We'd been to council meetings to see if we as parents could help other parents it had happened to.

"We said if we could save one life a year, even one every ten years it would be worth it."

Assistant Doncaster coroner, Mark Beresford, recorded a narrative verdict saying she may have been trying to gain leverage over the council with a "staged arrangement" which went tragically awry.

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He said: "The method was strikingly similar to that in which Jack ended his life, by which a powerful message could be sent, possibly to the authority dealing with her eviction, providing Ms McCormack with persuasive ammunition.

"The question of whether she intended to take her own life remains unclear.

"She was a strong willed woman and a good loving mother. This was a totally unseen body blow to the family."