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A Man’s Final Letters and the System’s Failures | Manchester News
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A tragic inquest reveals how David Robert Peak, a 53-year-old electrical engineer facing sentencing for possessing indecent images of children, died by suicide in his Wigan flat — just days before his court appearance. Struggling with severe depression, anxiety, and possible autism since his 2024 arrest, Peak’s mental health deteriorated amid a broken system: NHS referrals went unaddressed, police welfare checks were sporadic and text-based, and critical support was missed. Found with a partial will and a heartfelt apology to his mother, Peak’s final notes suggest he chose death to spare his family further pain — a decision he’d been contemplating since September 2025. The coroner’s verdict: suicide, a heartbreaking reminder of the human cost when mental health systems fail.
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