Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A much-loved young man took his own life after struggling to come to terms with a relationship breakup, an inquest has heard.
Tom Simm was found 'collapsed and unresponsive' at his home in Keats Avenue, Wigan, on March 2. An inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court yesterday heard the 23-year-old lorry driver had split up with girlfriend just weeks earlier.
Tom's mother, Joanne Atherton, told the hearing her son had wanted to keep the relationship going and started drinking heavily following the breakup. READ MORE:'I honestly thought he was invincible': Mum's heartache after son, 23, dies suddenly in his flat She said he told her he 'did not want to be here' and had
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