
A “devoted” father-of-two was making up to 100 bets a day on betting websites and had previously racked up £18,000 in debts due to a “pervasive” gambling addiction before he took his own life, an inquest has heard.
Luke Ashton, 40, from Leicester, who died on April 22 2021, was a “happy” man who had no diagnosed mental health issues, his wife Annie told an inquest into her husband’s death on Wednesday.