Suicide verdict after death of accountant

A father of three who killed himself by setting his car on fire was suffering from depression.

Coroner John Needham recorded a verdict of suicide at the inquest of David McLeman yesterday.

The court heard how the 58-year-old accountant bought petrol from a garage in Ramsey on the 9th of April this year before driving to the Point of Ayre and starting a blaze.

His cause of death was given as inhalation, burns and the effect of heat – his body was so badly burnt the pathologist said he would have died at a very early stage.

John Needham said a 'tragic set of circumstances’ led to Mr McLeman's death as he was suffering from personal and financial problems.