Our thanks to Ronald for this. An extract:
“An inquest into his death was held at Norfolk Coroner’s Court last August.
Assistant coroner Christopher Leach did not give a verdict of suicide after toxicology analysis showed the combination of recreational cocaine and alcohol found in Val’s system would have increased risk taking behaviour.
Instead, he recorded a narrative conclusion, stating Val had died “having applied a ligature to his own neck, his intentions when doing so being unknown”. [my emphasis]”
By this logic, deaths after the ingestion of cocaine and/or alcohol (and presumably other drugs) shouldn’t be considered as potential suicides.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
This has such similarities with the experience that was my “red pill” in the late 1990s. Though not the suicide. The reviews says: VAL’S SEX WAS ‘RELEVANT’
The report says: “It was considered that Val’s sex was relevant to the review.
“It took into consideration the support provisions within the areas available to him as a male and the fact that although, at times, when the police attended for incidents between him and Kim, it was often Kim who was drunk and aggressive towards the police, yet he would be the one to leave the location to prevent a breach of the peace.
“He would allege assaults frequently but have no injuries and therefore, the panel have considered whether true consideration was given during these investigations or progressed sufficiently due to his sex.”
This was very much the case in my experience and Val’s mothers complaints to the authorities. Echoes those we made at the time. The sad thing is that Val’s suicide was a couple of decades later suggesting in reality the situation for men remains the same.
Can one doubt had the sexes been reversed that a female “Val” would have been considered to have committed suicide in the same circumstances?
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It’s yet another case of believe the victim – but only if the victim is female.
This man was badly let down by the authorities. He should have had help getting away from the toxic woman he lived with. He should have had police support when he obviously aggressive girlfriend was assaulting him. He should have been able to get to a men’s shelter.
Instead, he was among the twelve men who died by suicide that day.
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