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Manchester Evening News
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Louisa Gregson

'Beautiful, kind and caring' young man who died after taking overdose told his father "just let me go dad"

A talented young man described by his family as 'beautiful, kind and caring' told his father "Just let me go dad," after taking a fatal overdose.

Brett Jones, of Cedar Wood Close in Astley died on July 16, 2022 following a mental health battle.

At an inquest at Bolton Coroners Court today (December 19) Coroner, Peter Sigi, described how Brett, who was living with his father Richard Jones at Madams Wood Road in Worsley at the time, had woken his dad in the early hours of July 15 and told him: "I have done something silly." He told his father he had taken tablets.

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