A TENBY pub chef choked after a night out, an inquest heard last week.

Jeanette Rees, 51, of 15 The Maudlins, Tenby was found at her home by her partner Kevin late on June 20.

At the November 15 inquest, Coroner’s Officer Jeremy Davies said London-born Mrs Rees had moved to Pembrokeshire in 1972 with her family, her father working in the power station.

Mrs Rees, who had been married twice before meeting her partner, had worked in a variety of roles including as a civilian staff member in the Met and as a nurse in Withybush, later becoming a chef at the Three Mariners pub, Tenby.

Following her shift on June 20, Mrs Rees had drunk three pints in the Mariners with her boss before moving on to The Cove pub in the town’s High Street, having three glasses of wine.

She was later assisted in to a taxi and taken home.

Her partner had finished work at 8.30pm that night, drinking several drinks before returning home, arriving at 11pm.

As he entered the house, he found Mrs Rees laying on the stairs, facing downstairs with her neck at a strange angle.

An unsuccessful attempt was made to rouse Mrs Rees, but no pulse was found, and she was cold to the touch.

Emergency services were called, and CPR was attempted before paramedics arrived.

Mrs Rees was declared to have passed away shortly before midnight.

A post-mortem report by Dr Daniel Howser stated Mrs Rees said alcohol at a level four times the drink-drive limit was found in Mrs Rees’ blood, a level capable of causing unconsciousness.

The report gave the cause of death as aspiration of gastric content in to the lungs.

Reaching a conclusion of an alcohol-related death, HM Coroner for Pembrokeshire Mark Layton said: “Mrs Jeanette Rees had consumed a large amount of alcohol which has led to gastric asphyxiation, which has led to her death.”