Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories A dad was found dead at home after taking his own life, an inquest has heard.
Andrew Rutherford, 33, went to bed at around 1am on March 13, and asked his girlfriend Ellie Stokes to follow him. Miss Stokes stayed downstairs for one more drink and when she went up less than an hour later, she found Andrew unresponsive. READ MORE : Mum given 'massive shock' after newborn gets incurable diagnosis Assistant coroner Jason Wells reached a conclusion of suicide during an inquest at South Manchester Coroner's Court.
Following the inquest, Andrew's mother Jacqueline Cantwell told the Manchester Evening News: "He was everybody's friend. He would do anything to help anybody. "H
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