A FORMER consultant at Darlington Memorial Hospital has died at the age of 72 after a long illness.

Ian Martin died last month.

He was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, before attending Wolverhampton Grammar School and Leeds University.

He became a founder member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and obtained a consultant post in Darlington in psychological medicine.

Mr Martin never married and enjoyed travelling to overseas conferences, including Hawaii, Osaka, Athens and Mexico City.