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Talking on Tuesday at Surrey Coroner’s Courtroom in Woking, coroner Simon Wickens stated Thorpe had suffered “traumatic accidents” after being struck by a practice on the morning of August 4. Wickens provided “honest condolences” to Thorpe’s household and to “all these touched by his life and profession”. A date for Thorpe’s full inquest shall be mounted at a later time.
The coroner had obtained a referral relating to the incident from British Transport Police (BTP). On August 5, a spokesperson for BTP issued the next assertion: “Officers have been referred to as to Esher railway station at 8.26 am on 4 August to experiences of a casualty on the tracks. Paramedics additionally attended, nevertheless sadly an individual was pronounced lifeless on the scene. The incident shouldn’t be being handled as suspicious and a report shall be ready for the coroner.”
“For the previous couple of years, Graham had been affected by main despair and anxiousness,” Amanda, Thorpe’s spouse, informed the Instances. “This led him to make a severe try on his life in Could 2022, which resulted in a protracted keep in an intensive care unit. Regardless of glimpses of hope and of the outdated Graham, he continued to endure from despair and anxiousness, which at instances bought very extreme. We supported him as a household and he tried many, many therapies however sadly none of them actually appeared to work.
“Graham was famend as somebody who was very mentally sturdy on the sector and he was in good bodily well being. However psychological sickness is an actual illness and might have an effect on anybody. Regardless of having a spouse and two daughters whom he beloved and who beloved him, he didn’t get higher. He was so unwell in latest instances and he actually did consider that we’d be higher off with out him and we’re devastated that he acted on that and took his personal life.”
She described Thorpe as “a free spirit” and stated that he had been nicely sufficient to attend a dinner at The Oval in late 2022. “He had his personal thoughts and his personal approach of going about issues,” Amanda stated. “My favorite reminiscence of him is in Barbados, which he beloved, having fun with a rum punch and listening to his favorite reggae after a swim… He was humorous and he made us all snicker a lot.”
Thorpe’s elder daughter, Kitty, stated, “We aren’t ashamed of speaking about it. There’s nothing to cover and it’s not a stigma. We have been attempting to assist him get higher earlier than and attempting to guard him, which is why we stated nothing. That is the time now to share the information, nevertheless horrible it’s. We have needed to have the ability to speak and share and we would now like to lift consciousness, too.
“He had beloved life and he beloved us however he simply could not see a approach out. It was heartbreaking to see how withdrawn he had turn into. He was not the identical particular person. It was unusual to see this particular person trapped within the physique of father. That is why we have been so pleased that the various reflections have been about his life earlier than this sickness took over. I am glad that is how everybody does keep in mind him, rightly so, as the entire character he was.”
The Surrey coroner is because of maintain an inquest into Thorpe’s dying on Tuesday.
