Clowne dad ‘took his own life’

On Friday 18th May, an inquest into the death of 43-year-old Roy Thompson heard that the truck driver had been troubled for months and diagnosed as bi-polar.

Police found him at his home in Blackberry Court in Clowne on 24th January - a few months after he had been sectioned at Bassetlaw Hospital.

The inquest heard how Mr Thompson was suffering with pressure and stress from work as well as struggling to come to terms with the death of his mother.

North Derbyshire Deputy Coroner Nigel Anderson returned a narrative verdict adding: “I am satisfied that he took his own life, but the question of intent remains unclear.”

Speaking to his family, Mr Anderson added: “I am sorry that you have lost a brother, and that the children have lost a father.”

- For the FULL story see next week’s Worksop Guardian (available Friday 25th May)