The father of a woman who killed herself as she faced a trial for making a false rape claim has lost his battle for a new inquest into her death.

Eleanor de Freitas, 23, from Fulham, west London, was found dead in April 2014, just days before she was due to give evidence in the case.

Miss de Freitas, who had bi-polar disorder, originally claimed she had been raped by Alexander Economou, but her case was dropped due to insufficient evidence.

David de Freitas, left, who has launched a legal battle to have an inquest into the death of his daughter Eleanor, right, reopened

Mr Economou then brought a private prosecution against Miss de Freitas for perverting the course of justice, which was then taken up by the Crown Prosecution Service.

An inquest last year concluded her death was suicide and that her upcoming trial had been a 'stressor' in the days before she died.

However Coroner Chinyere Inyama, who faced criticism after he left a confidential file relating to the murder of 14-year-old Alice Gross on a train, did not call CPS to give evidence into its involvement and handling in the case at the original inquest.

Today at the High Court, Miss de Freitas's father, David called for a judicial review to open a new inquest into his daughter's death to examine the handling of the case by prosecutors.

But Lord Justice Gross and Mr Justice Nicol unanimously rejected his claim as 'unarguable.'

Lord Justice Goss said they had the 'utmost and greatest sympathy' for Mr de Freitas and his family in this 'most tragic case.'

And Mr Justice Nicol said nothing can alter the fact that her death was 'a tragedy.'

But he added: I have every sympathy for her father, but the inquest into her death was lawfully conducted.'

Whle Lord Justice Gross said the coroner's decision in March last year not to hold a full investigation into the circumstances of the prosecution brought by the CPS was not 'irrational or unlawful.'

Miss de Freitas, 23, from London, killed herself just days before facing a trial for making a false rape allegation

He said it would have needed a wide ranging investigation which was not the purpose of the inquest.

Earlier, at the Royal Courts of Justice, the family barrister Leslie Thomas QC argued the coroner failed to investigate any possible failings by the CPS and the impact they had on Miss de Freitas.

He said: 'We say in out respectful submission that the learned coroner simply fell into error in this case.

'We fully accept that it is for the coroner to determine the scope of his inquest. We fully accept that it is for the coroner to conduct the inquest and to decide on the perimeters of any given case.

'But he must conduct his inquest sufficiently to allow the statutory questions to be answered.'

Miss de Freitas, who had bi-polar disorder, originally claimed she had been raped by Alexander Economou, pictured, but her case was dropped due to insufficient evidence

He argued the relevant facts had to be examined fully to come to a conclusion, including the CPS handling of the prosecution case against Miss de Freitas.

Miss de Freitas, who had bi-polar disorder, originally claimed she had been raped by Alexander Economou, pictured, but her case was dropped due to insufficient evidence

Mr Thomas QC added: 'We say that the coroner was the public official, he was both judicial official and fact finder, failed in his duty to conduct a full, proper and fearless investigation.'

He said the fact the coroner concluded at the inquest the 'impending court hearing was clearly a significant stressor in her life at the time', showed the CPS's actions needed to be investigated.

Mr Thomas QC said the prosecution was planning to make a bad character applications detailing Miss de Freitas previously having made a claim of rape and allegedly advertised herself as an escort.

However the court heard the Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders told the family, in a meeting after an internal investigation following Miss Defreitas's death, that the evidence was irrelevant.

Mr Thomas added: 'This is the suggestion that sexual services were bring offered, and that was part of the case. The DPP then said this was irrelevant, but the prosecution were relying on this as bad character evidence.

'This would have had an impact on Eleanor de Freitas as a vulnerable woman.'

He argued the coroner could have written a section 28 report to establish, if possible, whether failings by the CPS may have caused the death.

After the case 60-year-old financial planner Mr de Freitas said: 'We are disappointed with the decision. I believe that we have shown that there are questions that still need to be answered regarding the CPS's conduct and decision making in this case. Apparently there is no forum for doing that.

'I was bolstered by numerous letters of support from organisations supporting complainants in rape cases.They share our concerns about the wider public interest raised by the circumstances of Eleanor's death and share my desire tor a full inquiry and lessons to be learned. We will continue to explore other avenues.'

His solicitor Harriet Wistrich said they will seek to get the Attorney General involved to get a full inquiry into the conduct of the CPS.

Ms Wistrich added: 'It raises huge issues because of the confidence that victims of rape must have in coming forward to report rapes.

'That has been the central concern of the CPS for many years.

'The prospect of being prosecuted for coming forward if your account is inconsistent is clearly a disinhibitor.