A university student was found dying in a shared home by his housemate and later died in hospital, an inquest heard. Lukas Kliment, 23, was studying German and English at Swansea University and was living with fellow students in a house in Sketty at the time of his death.
The hearing on Wednesday was told Mr Kliment had been living with depression and had been struggling with his family's reaction to him coming out as gay. On December 17 last year he tried to take his own life but was found by one of his housemates who immediately called the emergency services. Paramedics found "small signs of life," the inquest heard, and rushed Mr Kliment to Morriston Hospital in Swansea for urgent care. However the injuries to his brain sustained during his attempt to take his own life were too severe for him to recover from and he subsequently died in hospital.
The inquest heard from the attending police officer, PC Samantha Mainwaring of South Wales Police, but there were no members of Mr Kliment's family or any of his housemates present. The hearing was told Mr Kliment was born in October 1998 in the Czech Republic and was a "happy and polite" child. He had lived with his mum, dad, twin sister, and two other siblings and had a "good relationship" with his family growing up and had always enjoyed playing with his siblings.
