For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A popular young footballer took his own life after struggling to come to terms with abuse from his foster family, an inquest has heard.
Marc Palin, 20, left his family home in Red Lane, Breightmet, for the final time just after 12.30pm on May 15 last year. The former Breightmet Wanderers AFC player was found by people walking in Moses Gate Country Park a few hours later, with emergency services and passers-by trying to help.
Marc was rushed to Royal Bolton Hospital, where doctors had to tell his devastated family that the former care worker would be severely brain damaged if he was able to survive.
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