

We both decided to go to the Humber Bridge and look in both directions."īy the time they arrived at the bridge, a police scene was already in place with multiple officers at the scene. As I walked along I started thinking, 'Would he do it?' so I went home and rang his mum, Linda, and while I was on the phone I heard a helicopter above. "He dropped his bags off at my house and I invited him to join me to walk the dog and he said, 'No, I'm just going to get off'. Phillip had been staying at the Great Oaks Mental Health Hospital - also known as Mulberry House - for a fortnight (Image: David Haber/Scunthorpe Live) He said he was going to jump off the Humber Bridge and I told him not to talk like that. She told the court: "I had seen Phil at the bottom of the road with his suitcase and two black bin bags.

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Speaking at the inquest on Tuesday, July 12, his stepmother Karen Davison said Phillip told her he intended to end his life. On the day he died, Phillip left Mulberry House (Great Oaks Mental Health Hospital) and travelled to his hometown of Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, with two black bin bags and a suitcase containing his belongings.

Read more: Yorkshire schoolgirl left paralysed with brain injury after being dropped on head is fighting back Phillip was later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and paranoid schizophrenia, HullLive reports. The passionate Hull City fan had been involved with mental health services since 2011 and had been hospitalised multiple times over the years - the first time when he was 13 years old. The 23-year-old was referred to the unit as an informal patient and an inquest at Cleethorpes Town Hall heard his issues started after falling in with the wrong crowd at secondary school. Phillip Sephton fell to his death at Humber Bridge on February 22 in 2021 shortly before he was due to be discharged from a mental health unit in Scunthorpe. A young man tragically died after jumping from a Yorkshire bridge following a "turbulent" life marked by substance abuse and mental health issues.
