A man took his own life after wrongly being named as a paedophile in a "human error" by police. Brian Temple was 34-years-old when he died on December 31, 2017. Six months earlier, on June 8, he had been arrested for allegedly stealing a pack of sausage rolls from Greggs.
The first day of his inquest on Monday, June 20, heard that upon arriving home from custody, Mr Temple gave his release papers to his then-girlfriend. But unbeknown to him, law enforcement had made an error in which they had produced the wrong information.
The letter stated he been in custody for inciting sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl, which he had not. Teesside Coroner's Court heard that Mr Temple's then-girlfriend began telling people of the incorrect information, which in turn caused people to lash out at the Redcar man.
