An "intelligent" young man from Bury was found dead at his home after suffering with his mental health.

William Deighton was aged 25 when he was found unresponsive at his home in Prestwich on December 5 last year.

Rochdale Coroners Court heard how Mr Deighton lived in 24-hour supported accommodation due to mental health issues.

Speaking about his childhood, his mother Patricia Deighton told the inquest that he and his twin brother John made friends with children on the street where they lived, attended birthday parties and went on family holidays.

She described him as enjoying a “happy family life” and having a “lot of happy memories".

However, he became “notably disengaged” and “disruptive” at school.

As a child, Mr Deighton was diagnosed with atypical autistic spectrum disorder.

He then attended various special schools and was put on medication, which “helped” him, according to his mother.

Mrs Deighton said: “His mental health then deteriorated and he was sectioned just before his 15th birthday.”

Mr Deighton was then diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was 18.

Mrs Deighton added: “William was sectioned in April 2018 and sent to the Meadowbrook unit at Salford Royal Hospital.”

He was transferred between multiple hospital wards, before being discharged to assisted accommodation in Pendlebury.

Mr Deighton was then transferred to his most recent address, which was assisted accommodation in Prestwich.

Mrs Deighton described it as “much nicer" than his previous accommodation and hoped that things would improve for him there.

But towards the end of last year, Mr Deighton “became paranoid” about a meeting that was set to take place on December 6.

His mother told the inquest that on December 5 she received a phone call from staff to say that he had died.

Gavin Johnson was a team leader at Pro Support, the company which run the accommodation, at the time of Mr Deighton’s death.

He told the inquest how Mr Deighton had been fixated on the meeting in the days leading up to it.

However, he described him as an "intelligent’ and "well spoken" man.

Mr Johnson said: “I used to tell him ‘William, you’re very posh, I wish I could speak like you.’”

Joycelyn Sanah, a project manager at Pro Support, was working at the home on the morning of December 5.

Support worker Brian Malunda had covered the night shift from December 4 into the following day.

He had reported that Mr Deighton had been concerned about the upcoming meeting and had been “shouting” and disturbing another resident.

Ms Sanah took over from Mr Malunda at 9am on December 5.

She went into Mr Deighton’s room at around 9.30am to give him his medication.

But when she opened the door, she found he was unresponsive.

She called police and paramedics, who pronounced him dead.

Pathologist Dr Emil Salmo gave Mr Deighton’s medical cause of death as hanging.

Detective Inspector Blaine of Greater Manchester Police confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances or third party involvement in his death.

Coroner Matthew Cox accepted the pathologist's cause of death and concluded Mr Deighton’s death as suicide.

He offered his condolences to Mr Deighton’s family.

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