A 34-YEAR-old man hanged himself days after his girlfriend had finished with him.

An inquest heard that Gary Peter Oddie didn't want to accept that his relationship with Heather Townsend was over. And the last thing he said to her before taking his life was: "I know what I am going to do now."

Miss Townsend told the inquest that she thought he was going to smash her flat up or damage her car. Mr Oddie, was found hanging from the attic at his home in Moorland Road, Langho, by his father John Oddie.

He said he was not aware the relationship with Heather had ended until after his son's death.

Miss Townsend said she had ended the relationship the Saturday before Easter weekend. She said Mr Oddie did not want to believe it was over and kept going round to her flat, phoning and texting her.

"He was having difficulty accepting that I wanted to move on with my life," said Miss Townsend. She last spoke to him on Sunday, April 11, and said he seemed fine.

"He wanted us to try again and didn't want me to tell him it was over, the same old thing really," said Miss Townsend.

"At the end of the conversation he said he knew what he was going to do."

She said Mr Oddie had never said anything to make her think he was going to do himself any harm.

Recording a verdict that Mr Oddie had killed himself, coroner Michael Singleton said that had Mr Oddie been able to get through the moment of crisis everything could have turned out differently.

"In the cold light of day I am sure he would have seen things differently," said Mr Singleton.

"That he acted as he did and bring about so much distress can only be described as a tragedy."