The widow of a Leicester man says he was driven to suicide by a gambling addiction and debt he accrued after being enticed by free online betting offers while furloughed during lockdown.
An inquest into the death of Luke Ashton, 40, opened at Leicester Coroner’s Court yesterday (AUG 19).
The father-of-two had travelled more than 100 miles from the family home to take his own life earlier this year.
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His body was found in a flat in Swinton, a borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, on April 22, the hearing at Leicester Town Hall was told.
Assistant coroner for Leicester City and South Leicestershire, Dianne Hocking, said that Mr Ashton was i…
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