Hope Barden (pictured) died after Jerome Dangar watched her on webcam and failed to get help
A young woman died as a result of asphyxiation after a pervert encouraged her to engage in 'dangerous and degrading' sex acts over the internet, an inquest heard.
Hope Barden was lured into carrying out extreme 'sexually-related role play' by warped Jerome Dangar, 45, who failed to get help as he watched her die online.
The 21-year-old had began working in the porn industry as a way to make extra money after completing a degree in adolescent mental health.
But the webcam worker's flat mate found dead at an address in Wood Street, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs., on March 15 last year.
Her phone showed Dangar had paid for her to perform sexual dangerous acts on herself.
She attracted the attentions of pub landlord Dangar on a paid-for adult site but over a three month period his requests became more extreme.
Detectives found he had been online while she died and he made no attempt to raise any emergency response as she passed away.
A post-mortem revealed Hope, who also worked as a carer for people with learning disabilities, had died from asphyxiation.
Hopes mother told the inquest into her daughter's death that she was a beautiful and caring woman before she died
Dangar (right) found Hope (left) on an adult website and sent her requests that became ever more extreme for her webcam performances
Dangar, who ran the King Arthur's Arms Inn pub in Tintagel, North Cornwall, was arrested in connection with her death in May last year.
While serving time for possessing extreme pornographic images, Dangar killed himself in his jail cell in HMP Dartmoor in April. He was due to be released from prison in August.
The snuff-obsessed publican was convicted in January and jailed for 15 months at at Truro Crown Court. Police found 'the worst images it is possible to imagine' in his possession, the court heard.
Prosecutor Philip Lee said the images showed a 'pre-occupation with strangulation, stabbing, torture, asphyxiation and death.'
Today South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh recorded a conclusion of unlawful killing at Burton Town Hall.
A post-mortem revealed Hope (pictured), who also worked as a carer for people with learning disabilities, had died from asphyxiation
It emerged that just months before her death, Hope had chillingly wrote on Facebook about a stalker.
On January 6, 2017, she posted: 'Hello stalker. I'm doing fine, thanks for checking up on me. #wastehistime2017'.
After the hearing, Hope's mother Kate Barden paid tribute to her
