A dad-of-four was cremated rather than buried with pictures of his family after Greater Manchester Police failed to tell his wife that he had left a suicide note.
Brian Alex Reynolds, known as Alex, was found dead at his home in Rushmere Drive, Bury, at 8pm on March 9. An inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court heard that a friend had called 999 about the 39-year-old's welfare almost five hours earlier. READ MORE: They used someone else's money to buy lottery scratchcards and won £4 million - then it all went wrong A note left in his living room had contained his dying wishes, along with a message to wife Victoria, in which Alex told her that she had 'made all his dreams come true'.
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