A Rangers fan who was left in a wheelchair after a drunken waterpark accident committed suicide only six months later, an inquest heard today.
Barry Douglas broke both his legs after sneaking into the lido with a friend at 2am and crashing into the barrier of a closed flume tube.
The 'life changing' injuries left the 44-year-old unable to work as a forklift driver and he was forced to move house, the inquest heard.
Both Mr Douglas and friend, Claire Vickers, 46, appeared on ITV's This Morning in wheelchairs to talk about the incident. Despite some signs his condition was improving, Scottish born Douglas hanged himself in his studio flat in February of this year, the inquest was told.
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