A MAN killed himself after being accused of stalking a woman whose name he carved on his chest.

Majid Ali, 21, was discovered hanged in Lomeshaye Park, Nelson, shortly after being charged with harassment following a complaint from a woman he worked with. Police found love letters in his pockets.

Yesterday, a coroner ruled that Mr Ali had taken his own life because he was “troubled” and “events overtook him”.

But after the hearing, his anguished father Mohammed Nawaz, 54, described the 14-month police investigation following his son’s death as a parent’s “worst nightmare”.

And he insisted that Mr Ali, who had married a Pakistani bride in 2006, would never take his own life over a woman.

Mr Nawaz, of Every Street, Nelson, said: “He was a good lad and very normal.

“He enjoyed work and he seemed quite happy with it, and I knew nothing about this girl until police mentioned her.

“There must have been something else behind it because I don’t believe he would take his own life over something like that.

“But if I knew what it was I would have told the police - that’s what I want to find out too.”

The hearing at Burnley Coroner’s Court was told that in 2007 Mr Ali had been working nights at the McVities' biscuit factory in Stockport.

He had spotted a woman who also worked in the town and had begun stalking her after she refused to speak to him, the hearing was told.

PC Bob Wilson, from Burnley police, said: “After six months, the girl spoke to Mr Ali and told him to leave her alone.”

At one point, she saw him with blood pouring from his arms after apparently self-harming and notified the police. Mr Ali had also carved the woman’s name on his chest, said PC Wilson.

Soon afterwards, Mr Ali was interviewed by police who charged him with harassment. He was bailed to his home in Nelson.

Then on November 21 2007, Mr Ali got up and left the house for work as normal, his father told the hearing.

However, he was found later that day hanged in Lomeshaye Park. Police found notes, poetry, his bail conditions and letters about “forever love” in his pockets, the court heard.

Dr Mohammed Al-Dawoud, a consultant pathologist who conducted the post mortem on Mr Ali, said the cause of death was clearly hanging.

Returning a verdict of suicide, East Lancashire coroner Richard Taylor said: “Nobody can go into Mr Ali’s mind and find out what he was thinking and why he was troubled but quite clearly he was troubled.

“Tragically it seems that events overtook him and he felt so depressed and down that he decided to take his own life.”

Former Edge End High School pupil Mr Ali, who lived with Mr Nawaz and mum Naeera Akhtar, 40, leaves brothers Haroon, 11, and 10-year-old Hassan.

Mr Nawaz added: “We all really miss him. He has got young brothers and since he died we have all been suffering. I am even on medication now.

“It is the worst nightmare for a parent but it could happen to anybody.”