A champion horse rider was found dead hours after celebrating her first wedding anniversary with her husband at a luxury spa.

Dressage rider Abigail Garside, 30, spent the day with her husband Samuel at Rudding Park resort in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on August 17.

The 30-year-old had posted pictures on social media of the couple toasting champagne in a hot tub.

Shw wrote online: ‘Lovely day in Harrogate celebrating our first wedding anniversary with my love.’

But the following morning, her body was found in the gardens of the Yorkshire town on Montpellier Hill.

Samuel wrote: ‘My absolute world, my best friend and my beautiful darling wife.

‘I will love you forever and you will never leave my heart xxx.’

Tributes from friends have poured in on social media, with Emma Butterworth w

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