Unable to pay kids’ fees, father jumps before train
November 11th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Nov 11 (IANS) A solicitor in Britain who was constantly worried about paying his children’s school fees killed himself by jumping in front of a train, an inquest has heard.
Vincent Buffoni, 49, was spending up to 30,000 pounds a year to send Matthew, 14, to and elite school and extra to send Francesca, 10, to a prep school, the Daily Mail reported.
But the law firm that Buffoni, an Oxford graduate, owned had been hit by recession. He had remortgaged the family home to raise 60,000 pounds to continue paying for his children’s education.
Early this year Buffoni contemplated suicide - writing a farewell note to his family and taking out a life insurance policy, but decided against it, the inquest heard.
In May, he leapt in front of a train at a London station.
Buffoni’s wife Nicola, 50, said he had been taking anti-depressants for around a year before his death and had also been on prescription sleeping tablets, to which he feared he had become addicted.
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