Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A dad who believed coronavirus was a ploy to “create a new world order” took his own life after becoming obsessed with conspiracy theories.
Wayne Paul Galley was carrying out some rendering work on his a relative's house in Sycamore Drive, in Skelmersdale near Wigan, when he died on April 30 of this year, LancsLive reports.
An inquest held at The Landmark in Burnley this week heard evidence detailing how the 47-year-old builder had suffered a “massive mental breakdown” since the first lockdown last year. READ MORE: Woman guilty of killing seven-year-old Emily Jones appeals against life sentence Area Coroner Richard Taylor read a statement from Mr Galley’s wife