A much-loved grandfather who was living in "constant pain" took his own life while his wife was out shopping, an inquest has heard.

Leslie Apps died in hospital at the age of 75 in May, after suffering a hypoxic brain injury due to an act taken to end his life.

An inquest into his death was held at County Hall on Friday, during which his family paid tribute to the retired dairy farm worker, who lived in Ormesby, near Great Yarmouth.

The court heard Mr Apps was a much-loved husband of 52 years, a father and a grandfather-of-two.

But it also heard that in his later years, he had suffered a number of conditions which left him in "constant pain", including having received treatment for prostate cancer, osteoporosis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The inquest was also told Mr Apps had a recent history of low mood and depression but was not accepted to the wellbeing service after a referral from his GP and was instead tried on three forms of antidepressants.

However, on May 14, his wife returned home from a short shopping trip to find him unresponsive in the garage.

She attempted CPR on him and he was taken to the James Paget Hospital, but died the next day.

Just weeks earlier, he had returned from a holiday in Egypt.

In a tribute read to Norfolk Coroner's Court, his family said: "We would like everyone to understand what a truly wonderful human being he was.

"He was loving, funny, kind and generous and had time for everyone."

Yvonne Blake, area coroner for Norfolk, concluded his death was suicide.

She said: "Mr Apps had quite a lot to cope with and appeared to be in almost constant pain."

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