

The inquest heard Grant had an evening meal with his family on May 31, but was found dead in his bedroom the following afternoon. Mrs Li said she had no doubts about his intentions with regard to them and added: 'I did not notice any change in his behaviour, only on the very, very last night before his death.'

The inquest heard no balloons were bought, just the cannisters. Similar: An inquest in Manchester last week found that student Vivek Shah, 22, had also used helium to kill himself Grant's mother, hotelier Yan Li, 48, described him as an intelligent and conscientious student, but revealed his eczema flared up during his revision.
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The hard drives of both his laptop and PC were found to have been wiped, indicating that he may have carried out internet-based research, the inquest at Manchester Coroner's Court was told. Last week, an inquest heard of the death of 22-year-old Manchester Metropolitan University student Vivek Ajit Shah at a house in Rusholme, also using helium. The inquest heard his suicide was the fifth death involving helium in Greater Manchester in four years. He ruled it would never be known why the 16-year-old took his own life. There are currently no age restrictions on buying helium canisters. He was described by teachers as a model pupil, but had suffered from acute eczema and was under GCSE exam stress, an inquest into his death was told.įinding his cause of death was suicide, Graham Jackson, Manchester's deputy coroner, said he would write to Home Secretary Theresa May to call for greater regulations over the sale of 'party pack' helium canisters and urge changes are made to their size and control valves - a call supported by Grant's family. He had bought helium canisters from a supermarket two months earlier. It was later confirmed he achieved nine A* grades and one A. Grant had two GCSE exams left to sit, both in Mandarin, when he was found dead on June 1 last year. Grant Li, 16, a pupil at Manchester Grammar School, was found dead in his bedroom by his mother having told her the gas was for an end of term party.
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Tragic: A coroner has called for tighter restrictions over the sale of helium after the suicide of schoolboy Grant Li (pictured)Ī coroner has called for tighter restrictions over the sale of helium after a straight-A student was free to buy canisters on the high street so he could kill himself.
