Dunstable man hit by train in Leighton Buzzard left suicide note

A SUICIDE note written by a man before he was hit by a train was not passed on to doctors who assessed him before the event, an inquest was told.

Innocent Rusenza, 20, of London Road, Dunstable, died on February 7 this year after being hit by a train near Leighton Buzzard station.

Ampthill Coroner’s Court heard that he had been reported as missing to Bedfordshore Police by his grandmother on February 6 after she found a suicide note.

Officers later found and detained him under the Mental Health Act. He was taken to hospital and released after five-hour assessment.

The assessor, Dr Ranbir Singh, said Mr Rusenza, pictured, had mentioned having ‘suicidal thoughts’ in the past but said he did not intend to act upon them.

In returning a verdict of suicide, senior coroner Tom Osborne said: “It is unfortunate perhaps that the original note was not passed on to Dr Singh.

“Would it have made any difference? I do not know.”