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Dad texted son "delete me out of your life" then hanged himself after receiving £11k child support bill

A dad hanged himself hours after received a letter ordering him to pay £11,000 in backdated child support for his grown up son.

Ian Sandywell was said to have been 'crying and upset' after receiving the order and texted his 22 year-old son Ben: "Delete me out of your life please. I'm going to hang myself."

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