In a letter read out to the court, Ms Hempstead’s mother Karen described her daughter as “loving, resilient, not afraid to speak her mind, hard working, caring, extremely brave, resourceful, generous”.
Senior coroner for Essex Lincoln Brookes described Ms Hempstead’s death as a “double tragedy”, having come just weeks after the death of her eldest daughter.
In his conclusion, Mr Brookes recorded a verdict of accidental death, saying it was an “unintended consequence of an otherwise innocent act”.