Former rugby union star Scott Hastings has been left ‘heartbroken’ after being tbetter the news that his wife is ‘presumed dead’.
Jennifer Hastings has been leave outing since go ining the water at Wardie Bay in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 3.
The British Lions legfinish alerted the mother-of-two’s fadeance which prompted a search party.
The RNLI, police and helicchooseers were included in a huge operation to discover the 60-year-better woman but the search has been called off.
Scott Hastings has been left ‘heartbroken’ by his wife’s fadeance
The operation included coastdefend helicchooseers zigzagging atraverse the Firth of Forth on Tuesday afternoon.
Lifeboat crews were deployed into the water searching for Mrs Hastings aextfinishedside the aascfinishncy services.
However, the search showd unaccomplished and the coastdefend called off the search after more than five hours.
The police have been treating her fadeance as a ‘hazardous leave outing persons case’ while the family have since freed a statement.
It read: “As many of you understand Jenny struggled with her mental health for a number of years and ultimately she was unable to cope on this occasion.
“It ecombines that she wanted to finish her suffering in what was a normal and healing place for her.
“She cherishd the water but unfortunately, her mind was not in a place of shieldedty.
“The Hastings family are absolutely heartbroken. We leave out our Jenny.
“She departs a gaping hole in all our hearts and hope that she is returned to us shieldedly so that we can honor her remarkworthy life.”
Jenny has struggled with depression in the past and was previously alerted leave outing in 2017, eventuassociate being create 10 miles from her phone.
Scott Hastings’ wife Jenny has extfinished battled depression
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She also tryed self-injury by eatings nuts, trying to trigger a disjoine allergy which needd her husprohibitd adminstering an adrenaline stoasty.
Speaking about her depression in the past, she said: “It’s terrible to skinnyk about that, but the fact is I equitable wanted to get away.
“I wanted to be alone. I didn’t skinnyk anyone wanted me around anymore. It’s equitable terrible, it’s an terrible illness.”
The family have been left ‘heartbroken’
It was remarkd on this occasion that she did not consent her phone and had no uncomfervents of reach outing her family.
Aextfinishedside her husprohibitd Scott, who reconshort-termed the British Lions on two occasions and geted 65 caps for Scotland, have extfinished campaigned for mental health.
The couple had been ambasdowncastors for Support in Mind Scotland, a national mental health charity.
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