Wakefield asylum seeker took his own life at hotel - inquest

Irakli Kapanadze was living at the Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield

An asylum seeker found dead in the grounds of a hotel where he was living took his own life, an inquest ruled.

The body of Irakli Kapanadze was found outside Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield on 14 September.

The 37-year-old married father-of-two from Georgia had been housed at the hotel for almost a year.

Wakefield Coroner's Court heard his asylum claim was still ongoing at the time of his death and his wife and children remained in Georgia.

The inquest heard that Mr Kapanadze died three days after receiving medical treatment at hospital as a result of self-harming.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, he was taken to Pinderfields Hospital and offered a mental health assessment, which he declined.

Mr Kapanadze told medical staff he had phoned home because there was a problem which he "could just not resolve whilst he was in England" but refused to give further details.

Senior Coroner Kevin McLoughlin said: "That seems to have created a sense of helplessness in this poor gentleman.

"That seems to be what prompted his self-harm that day. There was some turmoil in his home life."

The court heard a welfare officer at the hotel tried to speak to him the next day but he said he did not want to talk about it.

Mr Kapanadze's body was found in the grounds of the hotel

A post-mortem report gave the cause of death as hanging.

The police investigation concluded that there were no suspicious circumstances or suggestion of anyone else being involved in the death.

Recording the death as suicide, Mr McLoughlin said: "It is an immensely sad history here, of a gentleman who has spent a year in England and has been unable to work, so I infer he is not generating any income.

"He is isolated by virtue of language difficulties and has no family, but has got a family that he would be responsible for in Georgia.

The coroner added: "I offer my heartfelt sympathy to his family who must be having to struggle with what happened to him."

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