Tragic death of gifted and popular teen

didn’t know how to deal with this situation. He was still maintaining his social life and I heard him laughing and joking with his friends.”

However there were further incidents of self-harm and on February 27, 2017, Billy was found hanged at his home.

Mrs Moyo, who attended the court with Billy’s older sister, explained what happened that morning.

She said: “At 7.30am I woke up, I was aware that Billy was already awake.”

She agreed to give him a lift to college and went out on a couple of errands.

When she returned home she found the bolts had been secured from the inside.

She said: “I rang his mobile with no answer. I rang a mental health practitioner who had been trying to help him. I was panicking and went to a neighbour’s for some ladders.

“He could see nothing. I called 999. I was numb. I could hear people shouting my son’s name. I was aware that he had hanged himself. Apparently he left a note saying he had had enough.

“He was my perfect child. I miss him so much. I never expected to go through this.”

Despite the best efforts of police officers and paramedics they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at 11.08am at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

Mr Merchant concluded that Nqobile intended to take his own life. He said: “He was an intelligent boy. He had made attempts at suicide in the past. The difference was that on previous occasions he had sought help.

He said: “What possessed him to do what he did that morning, we will never know.”

Noel Devine, lead serious incident investigator at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, carried out an overview of its conduct and made recommendations for it to improve its service.

These included ensuring that when a psychiatrist is on long term absence from work there should be cover provided at meetings where their attendance is important.

In addition a formal process should be introduced which ensures patients are referred and seen by a psychiatrist within a satisfactory period for non-urgent reviews.

And a capacity and demand analysis of the psychiatrist’s workloads should be conducted.