A 35-year-old hairdresser hanged
himself just five days after the birth of his twin girls due to the
stress of working long hours to provide for his newborn children, an
inquest was told.
Salon owner Simon Pritchard, of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, was found dead at home by his mother Gillian, 67, and two friends.
He
felt under financial pressure to provide child maintenance money which
had forced him to work around-the-clock, friends told the hearing at
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.
His
friend of 20 years, Paul Lewis, who found his body at his home, said:
‘I was concerned there were issues with his girlfriend at the time
putting pressure on him for child maintenance money.
‘In
a conversation we had about a year before, he said he was having a
tough time. He said he considered doing it [suicide] but the thought of
his mum stopped him.’
The inquest last Friday was told the couple had been suffering relationship problems since 2011.
Birmingham
deputy coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe called the case ‘phenomenally
tragic’ and recorded a verdict of suicide for his death in May last
year.
She told the
inquest: ‘His friends and family are clearly very loving and he had a
wide circle of friends who were worried about him. There really are no
words to express how sad this case is.’
The mother of the children - whose
name was not made public - did not attend the hearing. Mr Pritchard had
set up the Love hair salon in Sutton Coldfield just six months before
taking his own life.
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