Publican facing jail took own life, inquest told
A former publican "deliberately ran" in front of a refuse lorry just hours before he was expected to be jailed, an inquest heard.
Jeremy Bulloch died in hospital from the multiple injuries he suffered in the crash on the B582, near Enderby.
The collision happened at about 7am on Monday, November 11.
He had been due before Leicester Crown Court for sentencing later that same morning.
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An inquest into the 42-year-old's death, held yesterday at Leicester Town Hall, heard how Mr Bulloch had been "concerned" about his pending imprisonment and "very emotional" in the weeks beforehand.
Coroner Martin Gotheridge , who recorded a verdict of suicide, heard evidence from eyewitnesses to the crash, including the driver of the refuse lorry.
Driver Wayne Bradford said: "I remember this chap running out. He was looking at me.
"I hit the brakes and swerved as hard as I could, but there was nothing I could do."
Several other witnesses described seeing something they later discovered to be a man "shooting out" into the road in front of the lorry.
The inquest heard that Mr Bulloch had been living in a van after moving out of the Merrie Monk pub, in Dunton Bassett, near Lutterworth, in September, after separating from his partner.
Evidence was also produced of a text message sent from Mr Bulloch to his ex-partner in the hours before the crash which included the sentence: "I am sorry I have to leave you."
After recording his verdict, Mr Gotheridge said it was clear Mr Bulloch was "considerably disturbed" and that he had deliberately run into the path of the lorry.
Comments
by unknowngirl93
Saturday, September 01 2012, 11:43AM
“This man was a pedophile, he wasn't living in the back of a van as he had a seperate home from his ex wife, the property he lived in is on Grace road aylestone leicester.
This man had over 10,000 pornographic images of children on his personal computer, a computer he let his children use, over 4000 of these were level 4 and 5, meaning the most disturbing images you could get, which he sent to other pedophiles over the internet, something no report or press story you Will find over the internet is the fact he tried to groom and rape me, including showing up in the area I live in which was on the other side of town to where he lived on my way to school, to pressing up against me wearing nothing but his bathrobe with his erection pressing into my lower back and hip.
This man took me swimming with his children then after taking his kids home decided to keep me on my own for another night, this is when he pressed himself against me, and when he came into thw bedroom I was in that night.
This sick and evil man deserves no praise or pity, he killed himself because he didn't want to meet the prisoners that kill other prisoners with crimes like his and the judgement of their fists.”