A WOMAN whose body was found on wasteland was unnecessarily depressed about her health, an inquest heard yesterday.

The body of Susan Borthwick, 45, was discovered on the site of the former Parkfield foundry, in Stockton, Teesside, in October 2000.

Teesside Coroner's Court heard that the twice-married woman, who used her maiden name of Borthwick, had stumbled there two days earlier after taking the anti-depressant drug dothiepin.

A post-mortem examination showed she had died of hypothermia.

In a statement, her boyfriend Stuart Bryson, of Westbourne Street, Stockton, said she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was depressed at the prospect of a mastectomy.

But Mrs Borthwick's GP, Dr Barbara Scott, said a biopsy of a lump taken from her breast showed it was benign.

Mrs Borthwick, of Sun Street, Stockton, had been drinking in two town centre pubs with her boyfriend before she disappeared.

Mr Bryson said she sent two messages to his mobile phone which he did not receive until the next morning. The first said: "I can't go on anymore, tonight is the night," and the second: "help."

Coroner Michael Sheffield recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. He said: "I have no doubt she intended to take the tablets. I'm not satisfied that she intended to take her life."