A gambling disorder played a major part in the death of a sales manager who took his own life in 2021, a coroner has ruled.
A lack of intervention by the gambling company William Hill also contributed to Gareth Evans’s death, the HM assistant coroner Adela Williams concluded at his inquest at Croydon coroner’s court on Thursday.
The law firm representing his family at the inquest, Leigh Day, said that prior to his death Gareth, 40, was visiting William Hill shops up to five times a day and spending up to £800 in cash daily at their in-store sports betting terminals.
This week his parents Rosie and Tony Evans criticized William Hill for failing to make the necessary changes to stop the heavy gambling that played a part in their son’s death.
