A MOTHER has paid tribute to her “lovely” daughter describing her as “unique, different and quirky.”

An inquest into the death of New Forest teenager Ashli Cook, 15, heard the teenager died after falling from a monument in Fordingbridge following an argument with her boyfriend.

Ashli, a Year 11 student at The Burgate School in Fordingbridge, fell from the Sir Eyre Coote monument near Rockbourne, near Fordingbridge, the hearing was told.

In her last text message to her boyfriend Marcus Webb, Ashli, who lived in Alderholt, said: “I’m going to jump off the tower. If we can’t be together I don’t want to be with anyone. Bye.”

The inquest in Winchester was told that Ashli had been in a three-year on-off relationship with Mr Webb, now aged 20.

On September 20, the day before her death, they had argued about going to the Ringwood Carnival and the quarrel had ended with Ashli leaving Mr Webb’s house in Sandleheath.

In a statement read to the hearing, Mr Webb said he did not take the threat seriously as Ashli had threatened to kill herself before.

Later that evening Mr Webb grew increasingly concerned about Ashli’s whereabouts and he went to the tower where he discovered her body in the early hours of September 21.

He called the police and ambulance but efforts to revive her failed.

Ashli’s mother, Canasta Blake, did not attend the inquest but in a statement gave a tribute to her daughter: “Ashli was a lovely young girl, unique, different, and quirky. She had her own special dress sense. She would have grown up to be a lovely person.”

Mrs Blake said in the weeks before her death there had been a problem with two girls at school bullying Ashli but she did not think it was a big problem and that Ashli was dealing with it.

She said Ashli was “besotted” with Mr Webb but the family did not approve of the relationship as they felt she was controlled by him.

Ashli had been referred to the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service but had been discharged.

But during the summer their concerns had arisen again and she was on a waiting list for referral.

Dr Eleanor Jaymes, consultant histopathologist atSouthampton General Hospital said Ashli died of multiple injuries due to a fall from height.

The last person to see Ashli alive was John Powell, a registered firearms holder who was hunting deer near the monument.

In a statement he said: “The girl was walking with purpose, striding. It looked like she knew where she was going. She leapt over a style and went out of my sight.”

Detective Sergeant Susan Murray said there were no suspicious circumstances.

Senior central Hampshire Coroner Grahame Short recorded a conclusion that Ashli took her own life.

Members of Ashli’s family declined to comment after the hearing.