Overview

• The inquest at Stockport Coroner's Court on 16 October formally recorded suicide by hanging as the cause of death.
• Officer Alison Mutch told the court that manager Paul Speak discovered Hatton at his Manchester home on 14 September.
• Speak had arrived to take Hatton to the airport for a flight to Dubai where he planned to announce his return to the ring.
• Family members last saw him on 12 September and said he seemed well, while he failed to attend a scheduled event on 13 September.
• The ruling supersedes initial police comments of no suspicious circumstances and comes against a backdrop of Hatton’s publicly acknowledged struggles with depression and alcohol.