8 years ago
Monday, December 3, 2012
Overdrawn student k**led himself over just £8,000 of debt and left a su*c**de note written on the back of a letter from his BANK
A mother has told how her son wrote a suicide note on the back of a bank letter demanding the repayment of his £3,000 overdraft.
Toby Thorn, 23, took his life after racking up the overdraft on top of a £5,000 student debt.
On the reverse of a letter from Barclays, he wrote simply: ‘Thank you to all my friends I appreciate all your support, Later ANON.’ His body was found soon afterwards.
Yesterday his mother Anne said she had no idea her son was so anxious about his financial situation.
Toby had dropped out of a degree course in computing in his third year and was hoping to start a business.
But as he moved into a flat with friends, he was apparently agonising over his £8,000 debts.
Single mother Mrs Thorn, 56, said: ‘Young people can’t find jobs, so they can’t see a way out of debt.
'It’s unbearable to think that Toby didn’t know how much he was loved.’
An inquest ruled that Toby’s debt was a major contributory factor in his suicide.
Mrs Thorn said: ‘He said university just wasn’t for him, so we looked at other options. I had no idea his debts were bothering him so much. I don’t believe that’s the only reason why he took his own life but it must have been a big contributing factor.
‘People don’t realise that suicide is so common in young people, especially young men. Men don’t talk about their feelings. They keep it all bottled up which can lead to depression.’
According to a YouGov poll, money was the most common worry across the UK last year, and calls to the Samaritans’ helpline about financial concerns have doubled in the past three years.
Following her son’s death in July last year, Mrs Thorn, a customer relations officer, became a trustee for the charity Papyrus, which aims to prevent suicide in the young.
Statistics released by the charity show that around 1,400 under-35s kill themselves in the UK every year, and three-quarters are men.
Mrs Thorn said: ‘It is a national scandal that the Government is not doing more. Although they have promised £1million for research, there is no action and no implementation plan.
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