'Confused' man drowned in canal after falling in the day before his birthday
Peter Curphey was last seen more than three weeks before his body was pulled from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan. A member of the public found the 44-year-old in a stretch of water near to Horton Street on April 11 of last year.
Ms Mercer said she visited her son on a daily basis and had 'shouldered the burden' for much of his care for about ten years. She said she began to notice a deterioration in his mental health around February 2021. In December of that year, Mr Curphey was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and was admitted as a voluntary inpatient at Atherleigh Park mental health hospital in Leigh. While at the hospital, the inquest heard he was diagnosed with a mental and behavioural disorder, which is believed to have been caused 'polysubstance misuse'.
Matthew Seddon, a clinical lead within Wigan’s mental health liaison team, said Mr Curphey revealed he owed money to drug dealers and reported ‘hearing voices telling him to kill himself’. However, Mr Seddon said the decision was taken not to section Mr Curphey as his concerns were deemed to have been linked to the drug debts rather than a deterioration in his mental health.
The footage then showed Mr Curphey walking in the direction of the canal, Detective Chief Inspector Davies said. He described the towpath near to where Mr Curphey was found as ‘uneven and poorly lit’.
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