TRAGIC new details have emerged after a wife was found hanged while celebrating her first wedding anniversary at a plush spa resort, an inquest heard.

Abigail Garside, 30, was discovered nine hours after sharing pictures of her and husband Samuel Garside clinking Champagne glasses in a hot tub.

Northallerton Coroner’s Court heard she “stormed out” of her hotel room after a row with Samuel.

The couple, from Blackburn, Lancs, had splurged out on a spa day at Harrogate’s exclusive 300-acre Rudding Park resort on August 17 last year.

They booked the luxury trip to mark their one-year wedding anniversary.

That day, Mrs Garside posted loved-up photos of the pair and wrote: “Lovely day in Harrogate celebrating our first wedding anniversary with my love.”

Mr Garside also penned on social media: “1 year since you became my wife!! I love you more and more every day, happy anniversary.”

The couple had married a year earlier at the Crow Wood Hotel and Spa near Burnley.

In a statement at the inquest, Mr Garside told how they booked two nights away for the trip.

He said they spent the Saturday watching films and ordered a takeaway.

On the Sunday, they went to Betty’s Tea Rooms for breakfast before heading to the spa, where they drank Champagne.

After returning to the hotel, they continued drinking vodka Red Bulls and tequila before going out again.

The inquest heard the couple drank alcohol and took cocaine while bar hopping in the nearby town.

They later rowed at a venue called Mojo’s bar and they went back to the hotel.

The inquest heard Mrs Garside had accused her husband of failing to stick up for her at the bar.

In a statement, Mr Garside said they were both “a bit drunk” and had taken cocaine.

He told the inquest this was “not out of the ordinary for either of us”.

After Mrs Garside stormed out of the hotel room, he said he tried calling her but noticed she had left her phone behind.

When she didn’t return by morning, Mr Garside said he drove around Harrogate looking for her.

He later saw police near the hotel and was informed of her death.

Mrs Garside’s body was tragically discovered by a member of the public in the centre of the town shortly after 6.20am on August 18.

Sarah Middleton, the assistant coroner for North Yorkshire, said: “That weekend should have been special because it was her wedding anniversary.

“You were in Harrogate celebrating, you had a lovely day. You went to the spa, celebrated with Champagne, had some food, had some drinks.

“Alcohol was consumed and you may have taken some cocaine. Abigail took cocaine as well.

“There was an argument in a bar. Abigail and you left.

“You returned to the hotel between midnight and 1am. There was an argument there and Abigail left the hotel between 2 and 2.30am.

“Sadly, she left her phone there. Mr Garside fell asleep and when he woke up, Abigail was not there. He went to look for her.

“Sadly, a member of the public had located Abigail.”

Toxicology tests revealed Mrs Garside had a “high level” of alcohol in her blood, along with cocaine.

The coroner continued: “Abigail was a girl who loved life.

“She loved her husband, she was planning a life in Australia and loved her animals.

“She had no chronic health conditions, no regular medications and no mental health issues at all.

“She had everything to live for.”

The coroner concluded: “I know from experience the combination of alcohol and cocaine can make people act in a way they wouldn’t normally, and what happened to Abigail just seems completely out of character.

“If she hadn’t taken the alcohol and cocaine there’s no way she would have [taken her life]. She had far too much to live for.”

Mrs Garside was a champion dressage rider who won at the prestigious Horse of the Year Show in 2019 and was well respected in the equestrian community.

Friends said she loved travelling and the outdoors, especially hiking, wild swimming and skydiving.

The couple had recently advertised their new-build detached home, in Blackburn for rent, and had sorted visas ahead of their planned move to Australia with their three dachshund dogs.

Mrs Garside’s father Andrew Leaver paid a heartbreaking tribute to his daughter at the inquest.

He said: “She had a great future. She was happily married and everything was on the up.

“When we found out it was a complete shock.”

Following her death, Mr Garside also paid tribute to his wife on social media and wrote: “My absolute world, my best friend and my beautiful darling wife.

“I will love you forever and you will never leave my heart xxx.”