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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Josie Le Vay

'I knew my son would never get old - but he was failed by those who should have helped him'

The mum of a Salford man who took his own life said that she always knew that he would 'never get old' - but that professionals judged him and saw him as a 'drug abuser with a criminal history' instead of a loving father.

Mathew James McManus died on a railway line between Humphrey Park and Trafford Park on Monday, November 9, 2020.

An inquest into his death heard that the 36-year-old had 'struggled with his mental health throughout his adult life'.

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