By Gavin Mackintosh-
A depressed student took his own life shortly after posting a snap chat message asking why am I crying?
Dewi Turton, a Leeds Beckett University student, had made previous attempts to take his own life several months before he was found hanged in the grounds of Gotts Park Golf Club in Armley in May this year. Pals at his University campus, known for its success for sports were shocked at the news of a suicide which occurred in May, during the final semester exams.
DEPRESSED
A coroners court heard on Tuesday how the 20-year-old had “never mentioned that he felt depressed or anxious or had mental health worries” before his first attempt to end his life with an overdose earlier in 2019.
A statement from Dewi’s father Keith Turton read at Wakefield Coroners Court also describes how his son, who was an experienced climber and studying Sports and Exercise Science, “didn’t speak much to his parents” about the earlier overdose.
On May 20 this year, Mr Turton went on a night out in Leeds with university friends . He returned home to Walker House student accommodation on Broad Lane, Kirkstall around 6am the following morning.
The court heard that a short while later, he had messaged his friend Caitlyn Douglas over social media app Snapchat, saying, “why am I crying?” and “I hate my head”.
A statement from Ms Douglas which was read out in court said: “I never thought anything was untoward.
“He would open messages and just ignore them. I rang security and asked them to check on him, but he was not in his room.
“He rang me and just cried down the phone and wouldn’t speak to me. I kept sending messages and he was opening them and not replying