By Martin Robinson For Mailonline

Shakara Taylor was upset after David Ravenscroft delayed their wedding
Mr Ravenscroft told her in March 2013 he wanted to wait six months
In May 2013 she drove him to a health club and said she would pick him up
But she went to the five-star Caribbean Hotel and fell from its roof
The couple were due to marry on Grand Cayman on July 6, 2013
Her inquest recorded an open verdict because of her history of depression

A beauty queen fell to her death from the roof of a five-star Caribbean hotel after her fiance suddenly postponed their marriage just four months before their wedding day, an inquest has heard.

World championship dancer Shakara Taylor, 31, was ‘distraught’ after partner David Ravenscroft delayed their wedding saying they should ‘wait and see where we are in six months time’, it was said.

Miss Taylor, who is originally from Blackpool, had lived on the island of Grand Cayman for three years and was due to marry Mr Ravenscroft on July 6, 2013.

He told an inquest into her death that in March 2013 he said he wanted to postpone the wedding.

Two months later he said she dropped him off at a health club and gave him a hug and kiss goodbye before promising to pick him up later.

But when he later sent a text message to be collected he received no reply and got a taxi home.

Police then arrived to tell him she has died after falling from the roof of the Caribbean Club hotel in Seven Mile Beach.

Mr Ravenscroft told an inquest on the tropical island: ‘She seemed to be down in the dumps and struggling to deal with it.’

The inquest heard how Mr Ravenscroft only found out after her death that his fiancée – a former gala queen – was bipolar and had twice attempted to kill herself.

He added he did not know why she was at the Caribbean Club as she had no friends staying there.

Daniella Clarke, who has been Miss Taylor’s best friend for 25 years, said: ‘At least now Shakara can rest in peace.

‘She had a few demons, but she is desperately missed by everyone who knew her.’

Miss Taylor spent 15 years performing as a morris dancer with the Crusaders Morris Dancing Club, led by Daniella’s mum, Julie McShane, and was runner up at its World Championships.

Miss Taylor also performed in a Spice Girls tribute act, the ‘Naughty But Nice Girls’.

Post mortem tests on Miss Taylor’s body showed she died from serious injuries to her head and body sustained in the fall.

Queen’s Coroner Eileen Nervik said no one witnessed her fall, with no evidence of anyone else present when she died.

CCTV footage from the Caribbean Club showed Shakara arriving at 12.16pm, before getting a lift to the seventh floor.

A laptop and iPad belonging to Shakara showed no suicide note, although medical records confirmed the young woman had a history of mental illness including a period of residential psychiatric care.

A jury delivered an open verdict on the inquest after hearing she had records of clinical depression, OCD, an eating disorder and alcohol and drug abuse.

IMAGES:
Tragedy: Beauty queen Shakara Taylor, 31, fell to her death after her fiance David Ravencroft postponed their wedding
Talented: Miss Taylor was also an accomplished dancer – a morris dancing world championship runner up and also a member of a successful Spice Girls tribute band
Fall: CCTV showed Miss Taylor, who had a history of depression, taking a lift to the top of the five-star Caribbean Club hotel on Grand Cayman

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