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02/12/2011
Man Commits Suicide Over Skype
According to a string of media reports a man has killed himself while chatting to his partner using Skype.
Adrian Rowland, 53, from Reading, Berkshire, is said to have committed suicide on Sunday, last, while talking to his partner using the Internet video phone service. He was in India his partner in the UK.
His partner is believed to have alerted the UK authorities who liaised with Indian police and medical authorities who tried to save him.
Police said the man was found by medics but was later pronounced dead.
(LB)
Adrian Rowland, 53, from Reading, Berkshire, is said to have committed suicide on Sunday, last, while talking to his partner using the Internet video phone service. He was in India his partner in the UK.
His partner is believed to have alerted the UK authorities who liaised with Indian police and medical authorities who tried to save him.
Police said the man was found by medics but was later pronounced dead.
(LB)
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