Captain of Thai cave football team took his own life at UK school, coroner rules

Source: PA Media

Captain of Thai cave football team took his own life at UK school, coroner rules

PA Media
Fri 27 Oct 2023 19.13 BST

The captain of the Thai football team who were trapped in a cave for several days in 2018 took his own life while at school in the UK, a coroner has ruled.

Duangphet Phromthep died at Kettering general hospital on 14 February, two days after being found unconscious at Brooke House College in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

After an inquest into the 17-year-old’s death on 4 October at Leicester coroner’s court, Prof Catherine Mason, senior coroner for Leicester city and south Leicestershire, recorded a conclusion of suicide.

In a record of inquest seen by the PA news agency, Mason said that Duangphet“was not known to mental health services, and it is not known why he took the actions that he did.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/27/captain-of-football-team-thai-cave-rescue-suicide-at-uk-school-coroner-rules

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