A roofer jumped to his death bound and gagged because he could not live with his excessive sweating, a court heard.

Mitchell Hewett, 32, tidied his flat then bound and gagged himself before leaping from his third floor balcony in Durnsford Road, Wimbledon.

Police ruled out criminal involvement after an investigation was launched when Mr Hewett’s tied up body was found in the early hours of January 31 this year on the pavement outside of his block of flats at the junction with Plough Lane.

From January: Police investigating after man found dead on pavement in Durnsford Road, Wimbledon

Hundreds of his friends paid tribute to him and set up a MitchFest event after his funeral.

From January: Hundreds of friends pay tribute to fun-loving Mitchell Hewett found dead on a Wimbledon pavement

He was trying to find a girlfriend and visited his GP in the months leading up to his death, complaining his clammy body was making him feel anxious and suicidal.

Mr Hewett had lost his job and became ‘reclusive’ in the year before his death, the court heard on Wednesday, August 26.

He left his flat immaculate - aside from the tape and twine he used to bind himself and left clothes drying and an iPod on charge.

Police investigations into his laptop discovered that he had searched the internet for information on how to commit suicide.

The inquest heard he had a history of mental health issues and was treated for suicidal thoughts and hearing voices in 2004.

He was also broke and in a significant amount of debt, having more than £37,000 outstanding on his mortgage and £10,000 worth of debts in overdrafts and an unsecured loan.

He had a significant amount of cannabis in his system at the time of his death and the coroner ruled that he would have been experiencing the effects of cannabis consumption.

In a statement given to police, Mr Hewett’s best friend Ross Brown told of how his friend had become more withdrawn in the weeks before his death.

Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox said: "Mitchell Hewett was only 32-years-old at the time of his death.

"For the last year of his life it would appear he had been increasingly reclusive, had become unemployed and had debts at more than £10,000 as well as a mortgage.

"Three months before his death he had expressed some suicidal intention after being treated for extensive sweating."

"In the days before he died he stopped responding to correspondence and did not attend a meeting he organised with a woman he met online.

"I am entirely satisfied that there was no third party involvement in his death, he was a young, fit man and had anyone else been involved it is inconceivable that there would be no marks of confrontation or sign of a struggle.

"I am satisfied that Mitchell did die as a result of his own actions and understood that jumping from the balcony would result in the end of his own life.

"However, at the time Mitchell did take his own life he was intoxicated with cannabis and I cannot therefore record a verdict of suicide, instead I choose a short narrative verdict.

"Whilst this is a very distressing conclusion to record I hope the family can at least be assured that there were no suspicious circumstances."

Coroner Wilcox concluded the hearing at Westminster Coroners’ Court by saying she would like to pass her condolences to Mitchell’s family and friends.

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