A UNIVERSITY student from Andover took his own life after suffering several setbacks, an inquest has heard.

Concerns were raised when Amir Qaid did not vacate his room at a hotel in Farnborough on May 29, last year. Emergency services were called and the 24-year-old was pronounced dead.

An inquest into his death was held at Winchester Corner’s Court on Tuesday (February 2.).

The hearing was told that the deterioration of his mental health had been triggered by several life setbacks including losing a football scholarship, being rejected from pilot training because he was colour blind and losing money that he invested.

The inquest heard his mother and stepfather describe him as a polite person who just loved his football.

Mr Qaid, of Collingwood Walk, Andover, reached out to his GP for help with his mental health before his death.

The inquest heard a statement from Dr Daniel Vawdrey from St Mary's Surgery, in Andover, who said he 'felt at a loss'.

Dr Vawdrey said: “In a telephone call he described to me that he had been suffering from a low mood for many years and he wanted to confront it.

“He disclosed several things including losing a football scholarship and missing out on pilot training having found to be colour blind."

“He felt lost and did not have a plan for his future.”

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Area coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp said: “As far as I am concerned for whatever reason Amir had several setbacks in his life, which he felt unable to talk about and I know it’s not very nice to be dropped from football.

“I think it can seriously affect people’s confidence, and he had that problem, and then he thought he will study hard [to become a pilot] and then he could not do that, and he only found that out when he did the physical test, which would have been devastating for him.

“He did not open up, and he was investing money in various ways and that had not gone well either. It was not one thing, and he got himself into a low place.

“He had one thing after another happen and he came to a crisis point in May and did seek help but would not then take that help.

“I think that Amir took his own life and he intended to do so, which is a conclusion of suicide.”

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