An "superb" dad took his personal life after splitting up along with his girlfriend throughout a weekend away in Blackpool, a coroner has dominated. Daryl McWilliam, from Kilmarnock, had travelled to the English seaside resort along with his girlfriend of 12 months, Natalie Jones.
On Saturday, February 26, the pair went to Wetherspoons for one thing to eat earlier than returning to their room at Garvey’s Promenade Lodge. The 24-year-old and his girlfriend spent a while of their room earlier than the couple went again out and visited three pubs within the city centre.
In direction of the tip of the evening Daryl turned more and more drunk and after turning into separated from Natalie he despatched her a textual content and advised her: “I don’t need to be with you anymore.” Natalie made a number of makes an attempt to contact Daryl, who ultimately returned to the resort at round midnight.
The couple had an argument, throughout which Daryl broken Natalie’s cellphone and different belongings within the room, earlier than she began to pack her issues into their automotive, studies Manchester Night Information.
When Natalie went again to the room, Daryl wasn’t there, so she went downstairs to the bar to search for him. A short time later Natalie went again as much as the room the place she discovered Daryl unconscious.
Paramedics and police had been referred to as however, regardless of in depth resuscitation efforts, Daryl was pronounced lifeless at 1.37am on February 27. The reason for loss of life was given as suicide.
An inquest at Blackpool City Corridor as we speak heard that Daryl, a pipe-fitter at Kilmaurs engineering agency A&L Mechanical Installations, had no historical past of psychological well being points. He had visited the GP along with his mum in 2020 for assist with low temper however he was not identified to the group psychological well being staff.
The content material of the messages despatched by Daryl point out he was intoxicated. This tragic incident would seem to have stemmed from the breakdown of the connection on an evening which concerned alcohol consumption.
Assistant Coroner Louise Rae returned a conclusion of suicide. She stated: “Daryl McWilliam was on vacation in Blackpool along with his accomplice. Following an argument she returned to the room to search out him [unconscious]. He was not identified to psychological well being providers.
“I agree this was a tragic incident which stemmed from the breakdown of a relationship. When it comes to the proof about how rapidly unconscious and loss of life would have adopted I don’t consider anyone might have acted sooner.
"It's tough to search out any conclusion aside from suicide given the mechanism concerned. I'm due to this fact happy that the one conclusion doable and the one which I attain is the short-form conclusion of suicide.”
A fundraiser launched after Daryl’s loss of life, to assist his mother and father Heather and John pay for the funeral, raised greater than £2,200. Daryl’s girlfriend Natalie paid tribute to him after his loss of life, as reported by Ayrshire Reside, by which she described him as ‘essentially the most superb individual’ she had ever identified.
She added: “You confirmed me what real love truly is. I'll at all times love you Daryl. I actually want I had gotten extra time with you and obtained to do the whole lot we deliberate on. You by no means didn't make me smile at any time when I felt down and I can’t thanks sufficient for the way glad you made me.”
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