Mystery surrounds the death of a Lampeter woman who was found with a “blunt-force” head injury while drunk to a “fatal level”, an inquest has heard.

Katarzyna Elzbieta Paszek, died on 14 November last year, initially sparking a murder inquiry by police.

An inquest in Aberystwyth on Tuesday heard that 39-year-old Ms Paszek was a victim of domestic abuse and had been receiving help from the West Wales Domestic Abuse Service for a year prior to her death.

Four men were initially arrested after her body was discovered at her home in Bridge Street.

The inquest heard from Detective Constable Stephen Barry of Aberaeron CID that there were “significant inconsistencies” in the statements surrounding the incident.

Ms Paszek lived with her ex-husband, two brothers and a lodger at the home, the inquest heard.

“There are a number of conflicts [in statements] which makes it impossible to establish what happened or what caused her death,” DC Barry told the inquest.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone in relation to the incident.

A forensic post-mortem on Ms Paszek found she had suffered a “blunt-force” head injury, while the amount of alcohol in her system was “well within the fatal range”, the inquest was told.She was known to be an alcoholic, the inquest heard. Ms Paszek was discovered with a serious head injury and bruising on her body.

The post-mortem found that a head injury had been suffered several months before, with a further head injury to the same area suffered a few days before death.

DC Barry said that there were “no signs of struggle” at the house, nor any forensic evidence to suggest assault.

Ceredigion coroner Peter Brunton said that he was satisfied that Ms Paszek was “clearly” a victim of “quite severe” domestic abuse, but that there was “no evidence” to suggest what caused her fatal injuries.

“She must have been drunk and capable of falling at her home nearly every day,” Mr Brunton said. “The degree of intoxication would render her almost in a state of paralysis even as she went about the most basic of household affairs.

“She was the subject of domestic abuse and her living conditions must have been extremely unpleasant, but we will never know whether this incident is a result of the abuse as opposed to falling.”

Mr Brunton recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

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