A “happy and loving” mother from High Wycombe has died from a drug overdose after she acquired non-prescription medication from a contact on WhatsApp.

Jennifer Turner passed away aged 46 on July 25, 2020, at her home in High Wycombe. An inquest into her death was held on Wednesday.

Beaconsfield Coroners’ court heard how during her life, Ms Turner had been a “loving” mother.

A statement which was written by her husband was read out in court by assistant coroner for Buckinghamshire, Ian Wade.

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It said: “When I met Jen it was a turning point, she was the happiest and most loving mother anyone could have ever met.

“She was a happy mother and at her best surrounded by family.”

The court heard how after the birth of her children, Ms Turner suffered with chronic back pain and struggled with depression.

She was prescribed various drugs to help with her pain, but a post-mortem found that she appeared to have taken an overdose on medication that she was not prescribed, and her family was unsure how she had got hold of it.

The court heard that a police investigation following her death found that Ms Turner communicated with a contact on WhatsApp to swap and sell each other different prescription medication.

Reading a statement from one of the detectives investigating Ms Turner’s death, the coroner said: “A download of her phone found a conversation on WhatsApp between Jennifer and a male. From the conversation it is clear that the male knows the family.

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“During this conversation it is clear that they both sell each other prescription drugs and swap drugs.”

The court heard how the male had told Ms Turner that a medication she had asked him about was “good” and that he was “smashed”.

The post-mortem found that Ms Turner had an abnormal amount of this drug in her system when she died.

After reading this statement out, the coroner said: “Jen is sadly familiar with dangerous drugs and she engages in a long conversation with this person discussing various drugs and discussing prices and things like that.

Reaching his conclusion, Mr Wade felt that there was no evidence to suggest Ms Turner’s death was suicide, ruling that it was simply drug-related.

He said: “It was an unfortunate, unforeseen event. Jen was perfectly well aware that she was dabbling with something dangerous.

“Jen had unfortunately fallen prey to an addiction.”