The anticipation of Loss

GCSE LAD HANGED
Robert feared he'd fail
A STRESSED schoolboy hanged himself days after telling his mum he would fail his GCSE
        Robert McAllister, 16 - who believed he was behind with his course work and revision - was found hanging from a cord just three days before the start of his mock exams.
       Mum Melanie Crawcour discovered him on the landing as she arrived home.
      She and Robert's stepdad Vaughan, 41, cut him down and gave him the kiss of life.
      But the schoolboy died two days later - 24 hours before his first exam was due, an inquest heard. Receptionist Melanie, 39, of Withernsea, East Yorks, sobbed after the hearing: "I told him exams were not everything and I would love him whatever grades he got. But todays teenagers are under so much stress - much more than we were."
       The Hull inquest heard sports-mad Robert probably slipped unconscious minutes before he was found.
       Withernsea High School head Dr Fiona Ireland said after the hearing:"No one was aware of Robert having any problems."
       Coroner Geoffrey Saul recorded an open verdict because there was no suicide note.
THE SUN 31 March 07

 
Suicide trucker feared job loss

A truck driver committed suicide because he was unnecessarily worried about losing his licence, an inquest has heard.

Kevin Lee, 38, from Northamptonshire, hanged himself from a bridge over the A52 in Derbyshire in September 2003.

An inquest in Derby heard that he believed a roadside camera had caught him speeding - and the extra points would lead to a driving ban.

Inquiries later showed he had actually not been caught speeding.

'Model employee'

It was also revealed by police that he only had three points on his licence instead of nine, because the other points had been removed.

Mr Lee, a father of four from Ringstead near Kettering, drove a lorry for a Northamptonshire-based haulage firm.

The Derby coroner Michael Bird ruled that his death was a suicide.

Tony Franklin of E:D Truckin said: "Kevin was a model employee and he was liked by all the employees and customers - driving was his life.

"We were devastated to hear the news and still can't believe it is true."