Gambler who took his own life made up to 100 bets a day, coroner told

First inquest to formally involve a gambling operator hears that Luke Ashton at one point had debts of 18,000

A gambler was making as many as 100 bets a day online and had previously accumulated 18,000 in debts before he took his own life, the first inquest of its kind has heard.

Luke Ashton, 40, from Leicester, died in April 2021, after having longstanding problems with gambling, his wife, Annie, told the inquest at Leicester coroner's court.