Tuesday 21 June 2022 01:28 PM Man, 34, arrested for Greggs sausage roll theft hanged himself after police ... trends now
A bakery thief committed suicide after 'human error' from police wrongly named him as a paedophile, an inquest has been told.
Brian Temple, 34, died on December 31, 2017 - six months after being arrested on June 8 for allegedly stealing a pack of sausage rolls from Greggs.
The first day of his inquest on Monday, June 20, heard that upon arriving home from custody, Mr Temple gave his release papers to his then girlfriend. Unbeknown to him, police had made an error in which they had produced the wrong information - the letter stating he been in custody for inciting sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl, which he had not.
Teesside Coroner's Court heard that Mr Temple's then girlfriend began telling people of the incorrect information, which in turn caused people to lash out at the Redcar man. He was reportedly verbally abused in the street, attacked in his own home and hit around the head by a golf club.
To deal with the onslaught he had experienced, the court heard Mr Temple began to drink heavily and take a mixture of both prescribed medication and recreational drugs, such as cocaine. Coroner Claire Bailey explained that a toxicology report carried out by Dr Cooper found Brian had 134mg of alcohol in his system, as well as a mixture of cocaine, Diazepam, Zopiclone and Pregablin, but that these did not contribute to
