A man who witnessed a murder as a teenager went on to take his own life, sparking an emotional plea from his family for others to seek help.

Joseph Burgess was just 23 years old when he died in April this year at his home in Great Yarmouth.

During an inquest into his death, his mother Anna Potter shared tragic details of her son's struggles, both with addiction and with his mental health.

And following the hearing she urged anybody going through the same thing to try and seek help and not suffer in silence.

She said: "Joey, as we liked calling him, was one of the most charismatic and beautiful boys, although he was no angel.

"He was always at the centre of any fun and I have never known anyone as funny as him."

One of four siblings, Mrs Potter said that he fell into drug use around the age of 14, but that she believed he had been "born an addict" and that he may have ended up involved with county lines.

She said: "Earlier this year I learned that as a teenager he had seen somebody killed and was told to run. He never accepted that.

"I wish I had encouraged him to seek more help."

The court heard that on the night before his death he had spent the evening in Norwich with friends before getting a taxi home in Great Yarmouth the next morning.

During this evening none of his friends raised concerns about his behaviour and the taxi driver had said he had been chatty and discussing future plans.

But that morning he was found hanging in the garden of his home, where he died.

Senior coroner Jacqueline Lake concluded he had taken action to take his own life, but that it was not possible to know his intention.

Following the inquest, Mrs Potter added: "Joe was loved beyond belief and we really hope this is a lesson to seek help. No family should go through what we have."

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