Soldier, 18, was on 'unescorted' weekend leave from psychiatric hospital when he died on railway line

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A soldier who died on a railway line had been on 'unescorted leave' from a psychatric hospital, a pre-inquest review was told.

Thamir Mbarushimana, 18, died on tracks near his home in Wythenshawe on Sunday, February 16, last year. The teenager, described by his heartbroken family as a 'wonderful' young man with a 'heart of gold', was a private who had just started training at the Infantry Training Centre at the British Army's Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. But a pre-inquest review heard at the time of his death he was a voluntary in-patient at the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust who had been been given 'unescorted' weekend leave to visit his family in Wythenshawe.

Sitting in Manchester, Assistant Coroner Nick Stanage was told Thamir didn't want medics to tell his parents he was coming from West Park Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Darlington.

Sefton Kwasnik, representing Thamir's family, told the hearing his clients wanted answers at the full inquest about how he came to be allowed home for the weekend on 'unescorted' home leave.