PETERSHAM MAN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE

Derby Coroner's Court heard that a Long Eaton man who suffered a debilitating skin condition took his own life. Stuart Bird, 32, suffered from Ichthyosiform Erythroderma. Police discovered Mr Birds body on August 6th, 2018, at his home where he lived alone. PC Abigail Keeling told Derby Coroner's Court that Mr Bird's body was found in a state of decomposition. She and a colleague were making separate enquiries at Petersham Court and whilst in the hallway noticed a smell which they recognised as decomposition and flies. Mr Bird was last seen alive at the local Co-op store. He paid for goods with a twenty pound note but told the member of staff he did not need the change where he was going. On 23rd December 2019 Louise Pinder, assistant coroner, confirmed the cause of death as asphyxiation due to inhalation of gas.