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'I knew my son would never get old - but he was failed by those who should have helped him'

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The mum of a Salford man who took his own life said that she always knew that he would 'never get old' - but that professionals judged him and saw him as a 'drug abuser with a criminal history' instead of a loving father.

Mathew James McManus died on a railway line between Humphrey Park and Trafford Park on Monday, November 9, 2020. An inquest into his death heard that the 36-year-old had 'struggled with his mental health throughout his adult life'. READ MORE: Cow shed accused of causing ‘epidemic of flies and smells' He had been diagnosed with a personality disorder and was in contact with a 'significant amount of agencies'.

Mathew had been a heroin user in the past but had not taken the drug for over a decade and was prescribed opiate substitutes.

But in a damning report, Anna Morris, Assistant Coroner for Greater Manchester South, said that 'no-one saw Matthew as the vulnerable adult he was'.

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