A MAN killed himself after breaking up with his girlfriend, an inquest heard.
Police who broke into Geoffrey Dawson's parents' home in Bakery Drive, Stockton, found him on the living room floor, a photograph of his daughter beside him.
His former girlfriend, Rachel Young, of Stockton, said she fell pregnant in 2000, and following the birth, the couple lived together for six months. But she told Coroner Michael Sheffield that the relationship did not work out.
She said Mr Dawson, 22, often came round to see their daughter. When the couple split up, Mr Dawson became alcohol-dependent. He had previously tried to kill himself by jumping into the River Tees on Boxing Day last year and suffered from anxiety and depression.
Mr Sheffield recorded a verdict that Mr Dawson killed himself.
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