Killed by the Budget: Pensioner, 92, electrocuted himself because of taxes

by sweet east pearl | June 26, 2008 at 09:17 pm | 130 views | add comment

Facing economic problems due to rising costs has made many people ended up their life by suicide. Recently, i have read a story about a junior high school who hung him self inside his house. He decided to end up his life since his parent has not paid his school fee for months. Tragic, wasn't it?

A pensioner tormented by the soaring cost of living electrocuted himself after the last Budget ‘tipped him over the edge’.

An inquest heard that former repair man George Mechan, 92, taped wires to his fingers and killed himself after reading about Alistair Darling’s economic plans.

His family say he had become increasingly concerned about rising bills and believe the Budget on March 12 this year worried him so much that he took his own life.

His daughter, Sheila Bellingham, 51, found him slumped in an armchair the day after the Chancellor’s House of Commons address.