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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Robert Sutcliffe & Patrick Edrich

Former drug dealer found dead in hotel room 'had turned his life around'

The grieving widow of a man jailed for his role in one of Britain's biggest-ever cocaine rings broke down in tears as an inquest heard he took his own life.

Michael Corish, 58, suffered from PTSD after he was jailed for his part in a £4bn cocaine racket. Since his release Mr Corish had tried to help teenagers turn their lives around and not follow the same path he had, an inquest into his death was told.

Mr Corish was found dead in his Bradford Holiday Inn Express room in June last year, miles away from his devoted wife Martine and his family - his daughter, a promising lawyer, and a son about to enter the Royal Navy. He had previously been jailed in 2011 for 13 and a half years for his involvement in a drug plot.

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