AN unemployed taxi driver returned to his home town to kill himself, an inquest was told.
Alan Dixon's sister, Denise, told the inquest in Scarborough that the 48-year-old had left the town and moved to Blackpool after the break-up of his marriage.
She said Mr Dixon, who lived in Princess Street, Scarborough, before moving to Blackpool, drank heavily, which had caused the break-up and the subsequent failure of a second relationship.
He had threatened to take his life previously and suffered long bouts of depression. She said: "I knew he would do it one day, but it was still a shock."
Coroner Michael Oakley recorded a verdict that he killed himself.
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