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A 14-year-old boy found dead at a privately-run secure unit committed suicide, a jury has ruled. A boy found dead at a privately-run secure unit 150 miles from his home committed suicide, a jury has ruled.
Adam Rickwood became the youngest person to die in custody in Britain when he was found hanged in 2004. Adam Rickwood, 14, became the youngest person to die in custody in Britain in modern times, in 2004.
The boy, from Burnley, Lancashire, was on remand at the Hassockfield Secure Training Unit, County Durham. Adam, from Burnley, Lancashire, was on remand at the Hassockfield Secure Training Unit, County Durham.
The inquest jury at Chester-le-Street Magistrates' Court delivered a verdict of suicide on Thursday after almost a week of deliberations. He wrote to his mother saying he would kill himself if forced to stay in the unit, the jury at Chester-le-Street Magistrates' Court heard.
The month-long inquest heard that Adam had written to his mother saying he would kill himself if he was not taken out of the unit. Jurors deliberated for almost a week after the month-long hearing.
He was found dead about one month after being sent on remand to the unit, which was more than 150 miles away from his home, in July 2004. Last letter
Adam had suffered from mental health problems, drink and drug abuse and had suicidal tendencies, Chester-le-Street Magistrates' Court heard. Adam was found dead about a month after being sent on remand to the unit, in July 2004.
He had suffered from mental health problems, drink and drug abuse and had suicidal tendencies, Chester-le-Street Magistrates' Court heard.
The last letter the teenager wrote to his mother was read to the jury.
It said: "I need to be at home with you. I need to be at home in my own bed or my head will crack up.
"I will probably try to kill myself and I will probably succeed this time. I can't stay in here."