A "spirited and independent" woman who lived with complex disabilities died after choking on a cherry tomato, an inquest has heard.

Jenny Savage died in hospital on May 1, two days after a tragic incident at her home in Swanton Morley while she ate lunch with her parents. She was 45.

An inquest into her death heard that Miss Savage was born with a number of complex needs, including spinal dysraphism - a congenital condition when the spine does not form properly at the embryonic stage.

As a result of her disabilities, she spent her life in a wheelchair and lived with her devoted parents, who were also her full-time carers.

The court heard that on April 29, Miss Savage was eating lunch with her parents when a cherry tomato - 2cms in diameter - became lodged in her throat.

Her parents first attempted back slaps and abdominal thrusts before removing her from her chair and performing CPR.

Emergency services were called and paramedics were able to dislodge the tomato using forceps.

However, the choking incident caused her to go into cardiac arrest, which in turn starved her brain of oxygen. She died at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital two days later.

The medical cause of her death was given as a hypoxic brain injury, due to a cardiac arrest and choking.

In a statement read to the court, Katy St John-Clarke, an occupational therapist who worked with Miss Savage said: "I remember being struck by how close they were as a family, how well her parents cared for her and how independent and spirited Jenny was."

Area coroner Yvonne Blake concluded that Miss Savage's death was misadventure.

She said: "Jenny appeared to cope very well with her complicated medical needs.

"She obviously also had a very devoted family and was very well looked after.