A WOMAN who hanged herself at a Hampshire music festival had taken a “toxic” amount of drugs bought onsite, an inquest heard.

Beauty therapist Lisa Williamson, 31, stormed off in her pyjamas after a spat with her husband at BoomTown Fair, in which she bit his hand.

She was found hanged in toilet block at the Winchester festival, the first she had ever attended, several hours later, and was pronounced dead on arrival at Royal Hampshire County Hospital.

Tests found that Mrs Williamson had toxic levels of amphetamines in her blood, and that she'd also taken cocaine.

A post mortem examination concluded that she died of hanging, though pathologist Dr Hayley Burnley added: "The use of drugs previously would have no doubt affected her state of mind at the time."

Husband Darren Williamson said that while his partner of eight years had suffered from mild post natal depression after the birth of their children, she was usually "pretty fine".

They had arrived at the 38,000-strong festival near Winchester from their home in Bromyard, Herefordshire, on Thursday August 7, then camped and partied with friends.

Mr Williamson said he and his wife sometimes took drugs when they went out, but weren't addicts.

He said they had bought amphetamines after arriving at BoomTown and taken them for two days, barely sleeping at night and dancing to acts, including Shaggy.The couple both took one gramme of the drug on the sweltering Friday night.

When they woke up around midday on August 9, Lisa's bag strap was tied around her neck, and she became aggressive when her husband tried to remove it.

"She bit me and pushed back at me,” he said.

“She said 'you're all out to get me'," said Mr Williamson, weeping."And then she stormed out of the tent."I thought she would just go and cool off, and then come back.”

Recording an open verdict Senior Central Hampshire coroner Grahame Short said: “Lisa had been behaving strangely in the last hours of her life.

“I think it was mainly the drugs which had affected her. I think that lack of sleep and the temperature she was in the tent also affected her state of mind because she was dehydrated.”

A spokesperson for BoomTown's organisers said: “We take the safety and wellbeing of our festival attendees incredibly seriously.

“In January 2014 BoomTown Fair launched an extensive Drug Awareness campaign to help educate festival attendees on the physical and mental harm that taking drugs can result in, as well as working exceedingly closely with Hampshire Police to actively reduce the number of drugs that may be available onsite.”