A father-of-three was found dead two days after being arrested by police over a "serious allegation", an inquest has heard.

The hearing was told that Lee Curtis's body was found at one of his favourite walking spots, not far from the Lion’s Mouth area in Aylmerton, near Cromer, on October 2 last year.

Two days earlier, he had been arrested at his home and taken into custody. The inquest heard he was facing "serious allegations", but was not told the nature of them.

A statement from Dr Sean Ward, a GP at Sheringham Medical Practice, said that Mr Curtis had previously suffered with mixed anxiety and depression since childhood.

In May 2022, the 37-year-old's mental health had been impacted by the death of his father and recently moving out of his family home following the breakdown of his marriage.

He had sought help from health professionals, including counselling.

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By July his mental health had improved. By then he was living with his mother in Cromer and had been talking about getting a passport to go on holiday and discussed an ambition to learn carpentry. 

Mr Curtis was reported missing to the police on Saturday, October 1, after he was last seen at home in Brownshill on Friday, September 30.

His body was found on Sunday, October 2, after his car had been discovered nearby with suicide notes inside.

The letters stated that he loved his children “very much” and described his family as “wonderful people”. 

Lee Stephen Curtis, an engineer, was born on June 23, 1985, in Cambridge. 

Eight members of Mr Curtis’s family, including mother Nichola Sidell and brother Matthew Curtis, attended the inquest at Norfolk Coroner’s Court at County Hall, Norwich, on Wednesday, March 23. 

Assistant coroner Johanna Thompson recorded a verdict of suicide.

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