Tributes have been paid to a Bolton dad who died aged only 35.
The family of Nicholas Fogg, a chef in Bolton, described him as ‘fantastic dad’ and ‘very much loved’ at an inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court.
His father, Geoffrey Fogg, said: “He was a fantastic dad, he loved his daughter unconditionally.
“He would do anything for anybody. Just an all-around good guy.”
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Mr Fogg’s mother, Lorraine Fogg, said: “He was a very much-loved son, brother and dad.”
His sister, Sarah Ganley, said: “He was a brilliant uncle, and a brilliant big brother.”
His other sister, Rachael Fogg, added: “He didn’t mind making a fool of himself for a laugh.”
Nicholas, who lived with his parents on Wigan Road at the time of his death, was found dead by a dog walker in a wooded area in Bolton.
Pathologist Dr Patrick Waugh found Mr Fogg’s cause of death to be hanging.
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The inquest heard that Mr Fogg had previously accrued debts which his parents had helped to pay off.
However, at the time of his death, he was still found to be in debt.
A statement from his mother detailed how he had split up with his partner around four years before his death and had been living with his parents since.
She said how he ‘seemed fine’ until October 2021, when he suddenly had no money and stopped paying rent to his parents.
On September 7 last year at around 10.45am, Mr Fogg left the house, telling his father he was going to work. Though he would normally take his bike, he instead said he was getting picked up.
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His father noticed that, when he left, he neither got in a car nor took his bike.
His parents then found a note on his bed, which said how he was ‘sorry’, had ‘messed up’ and that he ‘loved (them) all’.
Nicholas Fogg was found dead by a dog walker, Shaun Broomhead, in a wooded area behind Mr Broomhead’s house, at just before 5pm the same day.
In conclusion, Assistant Coroner Stephen Teasdale said: “I am satisfied that he was responsible for his own death.”
Coroner Teasdale concluded Mr Fogg’s death as having been a suicide.
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