The troubled son of Dynasty actress Kate O'Mara was found hanged in the garage of her home, an inquest has heard.
The body of 48-year-old Dickon O'Mara was dis-covered by his mother's neighbour in the garage of her home in Long Marston, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, on December 31 last year.
The inquest, sitting at Warwickshire Justice Centre in Leamington Spa, heard evidence that food, drink and a mattress was found in the garage. It is thought he could have been dead for nearly three weeks.
Police constable Phil Hewish, who investigated the death, told the court the former theatre technician had sustained a brain injury when he was hit by a car in 2010.
The inquest was told his mother, who was not at the hearing, had been diagnosed with pneumonia in September last year and Mr Dickon struggled to come to terms with the illness.
He sent a number of texts to his mother in the weeks before his death. The last, sent on December 8, said: "I wish the f****** car that hit me was going faster."
The coroner for Coventry and Warwickshire, Sean McGovern, recorded a verdict of Mr O'Mara taking his own life.
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