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| Suicide verdict in PC David Rathband inquest | Suicide verdict in PC David Rathband inquest |
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| A policeman shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat took his own life, an inquest has found. | A policeman shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat took his own life, an inquest has found. |
| PC David Rathband was found hanged in Blyth, Northumberland, in 2012, 19 months after he was shot. | PC David Rathband was found hanged in Blyth, Northumberland, in 2012, 19 months after he was shot. |
| A three-day hearing in Newcastle heard that he lived alone after leaving the family home following a domestic in August 2011. | |
| Coroner Eric Armstrong urged those involved in the 43-year-old's life not to blame themselves. | |
| He said: "The circumstances of his injuries are well-known. | |
| "It is difficult, if not impossible, not to view the infliction of those injuries as the first step in a series which culminated in his death." | |
| Giving evidence to the inquest, his wife Kath said the policeman had had affairs, and a relationship with 7/7 London bombing survivor Lisa French effectively ended the marriage. |