Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton was looking forward to the future and it was not clear he intended to take his own life, the inquest into his death heard on Friday.
The 46-year-old was described as a doting father, in good spirits and despite past troubles with alcohol and drugs, had been the best “in years”, his family told Stockport Coroner’s Court.
Alison Mutch, senior coroner for South Manchester, told the court, attended by the boxer’s father, son and ex-partner and mother of his daughters, that no notes had been found from Hatton and there was no information uncovered by police to suggest he was planning to take his own life.
Concluding the inquest, she said: “He had made significant future plans and no notes were found indicating he intended to take his own life.
“I have listened very carefully to all the evidence. When I add everything together, I cannot be satisfied he intended to take his own life.
“Therefore, it is not possible in law for me to conclude suicide. I have concluded a narrative verdict.
“His intention remains unclear as he was under the influence of alcohol and the neuropathological post-mortem found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and that’s the conclusion I draw.”
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