First inquest of its kind hears that Luke Ashton was making as many as 100 online bets a day

A father-of-two was making as many as 100 bets a day on gambling websites and had previously accumulated £18,000 in debts before he took his own life, the first inquest of its kind has heard.

Luke Ashton, 40, from Leicester, died in April 2021, after suffering longstanding problems with gambling, his wife Annie told the inquest at Leicester coroner’s court.

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