Court closes case of 21-year-old's death

Friday 03 January 2020

A Court investigation into the death of a young man in Guernsey has concluded it was suicide.

21-year-old Jacob Mahy was found dead at Le Guet on the morning of 9 September last year.

The Court Inquest opened on the 18 October, and heard that he had died because of asphyxia, but an official verdict was not given at that time because Guernsey Police were still looking to speak to a taxi driver, who was suspected to have been the last person to see Mr Mahy alive. 

Yesterday, that taxi driver appeared before the Court during the inquest hearing to give a statement, but said he could not remember anything from that particular job.

The last time Mr Mahy was seen was on CCTV, getting out of a taxi at Waitrose on the Rohais to use a cash point machine. That was at around 20:50 the night before he died. The taxi driver said that if he could remember anything from that evening, he would have told the family. He also confirmed no one had asked him to be dropped off at Le Guet. 

After hearing from the taxi driver, the Inquest was closed, and Judge Graeme McKerrell returned a verdict of suicide. He said it was important that the Court heard from the driver to see if he had any additional information, and extended the Court's deepest sympathies to Mr Mahy's friends and family. 

Pictured: Jacob Mahy (left) and Theo Duerden (right). Inset image provided by Mr Duerden. 

Recently, Express spoke to a close friend of Mr Mahy's, who is running the Brighton half-marathon to raise money for a suicide awareness charity in his memory. To read more about what Theo Duerden is doing, and why, click here.

Pictured top: The official Court inquest was closed yesterday. An inquest takes place after any initially unexplained death.