A RETIRED nurse found dead in a river was depressed because she always hated where she lived.

Patricia Curry 'constantly wanted to move house' and told her husband more than 50 times she was so unhappy she would walk into the river, an inquest in Stourport heard.

Mother-of-two Mrs Curry disappeared the morning after her husband slapped her for saying she hated their latest house, the inquest heard.

Coroner Victor Round, reading a report of an interview with Mrs Curry's husband John, said she 'always had an issue about where she lived'.

"She always wanted to move house and this led to depression."

The couple had moved from Glasgow to Fladbury, in 1982 but Mrs Curry, aged 68, always criticised the house.

She became depressed after moving to Worcester in 2003.

"Patricia would walk down to the river saying she would walk in or throw herself in front of traffic, but she would always come back," said Mr Round.

Mr Round said Mrs Curry, who spent 17 years working at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, also took two drug overdoses.

But her state of mind improved when they started house-hunting earlier this year.

"They both liked the property in Mount Pleasant, Pershore, but she became upset and wanted to move back to Fladbury," said Mr Round.

On Sunday, April 17, three weeks after moving in, Mrs Curry told her husband "This house is awful".

"John said the comment made him very angry and he slapped her."

Mrs Curry was reported missing the next morning. She was found a fortnight later, on Monday, May 2, by a man on a narrowboat at Pensham Hill, near Pershore.

"It is quite likely she intended to take her life this way," said Mr Round.

"But she may have fallen in and I don't want to rule that out." He recorded an open verdict.