Tragedy as 'amazing young man' found dead after night out
27.12.2023 - 21:24
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Tributes have been paid to an 'amazing young man' who was found dead after a night out. Loughlan Nicholas Brown, known as Locky to his friends and family, was found unresponsive on September 26, after returning home from a night out in Liverpool city centre.
An inquest into his death, at Liverpool's Gerard Majella Courthouse today (Wednesday) heard Mr Brown had recently returned to the city after living in Australia.
The 22-year-old, who worked at McDonald's, had been on a night out in the city centre and had gone back to his home in Anfield, in the early hours of September 26. Coroner's officer Paula White told the court that Mr Brown had a disagreement with his mum who left to go and stay at her dad's home, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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However, she received a call from her son's boyfriend, who still lived in Australia, who told her that Mr Brown had sent a text message which said "he had an intention to take his own life". The court heard Mr Brown had no significant medical history, but had recently reported hearing voices and self-harming.
Emergency services were called and North West Ambulance Service paramedics were first on the scene at around 7.14am. Mr Brown was confirmed to have died a minute later.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Brown had consumed alcohol - around twice the limit of the legal driving amount - but no drugs were found in his system. He died as a result of a cardiac arrest caused by asphyxia, the inquest heard.
Assistant Coroner Kate Ainge told the inquest that Mr Brown had been "hearing voices but had no mental health diagnosis,