Jess Leanne Norris was a two time winner of Miss Pole Dance UK
A POLE dancing champion took her own life after a long battle with depression and becoming overwhelmed during lockdown, an inquest has heard. Jessica Leanne Norris, 27, was found unresponsive at a friend’s house on Old Road, Bolton, on June 15 last year. At the conclusion of an inquest into her death at Bolton Coroners’ Court on February 22, area coroner for Manchester West, Alan Walsh, confirmed Miss Norris’ cause of death as hanging. Miss Norris lived in Townsfield Road, Westhoughton, but had been staying at a friend’s house since March 2020.