A 26-year-old man was found hanged after taking drugs on a night out. A coroner has concluded Aaron Wayne Phillips, from Tonyrefail in Rhondda Cynon Taf, died by misadventure.
Details of the case
Pontypridd coroner's court heard Mr Phillips worked as a delivery driver and "was known to use illicit drugs". Coroner Patricia Morgan said there were no recent records of him having mental health issues.
On July 26 last year he had been out with friends at a social club but did not return home. The following morning he was discovered hanged in a wooded area on the outskirts of Tonyrefail.
Coroner's conclusion
Ms Morgan said: "He had left a note in his phone indicating an intention to end his life."
A post-mortem examination identified that Mr Phillips had ingested toxic levels of illicit drugs prior to his death.
"It cannot therefore be said that Mr Phillips had formed the intention to end his life due to the likely effects that those drugs would have had upon him."
The record of inquest does not state the type of drugs taken by Mr Phillips before his death.
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