POLICE had to force their way into the locked home of a Bradford couple at the centre of a murder/suicide police investigation, an inquest heard.

Yesterday's hearing revealed more details about what happened at the house in Cross Road, Idle, last month where Margaride Rufino and her partner Anthony Roberts died.

Detective Inspector Paul Conroy, from West Yorkshire Police's Major Inquiry Unit, told Bradford coroner Martin Fleming how police found mother-of-one Ms Rufino's body on the living room floor and believed her to be dead. The 38-year-old had suffered multiple stab wounds and was covered up with a blood-stained white sheet.

Officers then searched upstairs and discovered her teacher partner, Anthony Roberts, in the bath with a stab injury to his leg, believed to have been self-inflicted.

The inquest was told the 37-year-old still had a pulse and police started CPR but paramedics declared him dead a short time later.

A neighbour had called 999 just before 6.30pm on Sunday, January 31 and told the operator a woman had come from the couple's house reporting a domestic incident.

When police arrived at the address, the home was locked and they had to force their way into the back of the property before making the grim discoveries.

The inquest heard how Ms Rufino, a director with an occupational health firm, had been in a relationship with Mr Roberts for about five years and they had lived in the house together since having a baby girl two years go.

Det Insp Conroy said investigations were still ongoing but based on evidence from the case so far, officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.

Ms Rufino and Mr Robert's bodies were officially identified to police by their mothers.

Describing the deaths as a "terrible tragedy", Mr Fleming adjourned the inquest for a full hearing on May 31 so more statements could be gathered by police and a file on the deaths be prepared for him.

A police spokesman previously revealed two knives had been recovered from the property. Flowers were left outside the house after news broke of the deaths, with one message saying: "RIP. Such a tragedy and a loss."

It is believed the couple's daughter, who was not in the house at the time of her parents' deaths, is being looked after by relatives.

Staff at Wesley House private day nursery where she attends were shocked and devastated when they heard what happened and nursery manager hayley Wright told the Telegraph & Argus there was never an inkling that anything was wrong in the couple's relationship.

She described Ms Rufino, also known as Guida and believed to be Portuguese, as "lovely" and really chatty" and said Mr Roberts was "really good" with his daughter.