Actor's suicide after ex-girlfriend's abortion

An aspiring actor took his own life exactly five years after a former girlfriend who terminated her pregnancy had been due to give birth to their twins. An inquest heard the death of Robin Goodchild mirrored events in a play he had helped to write. A psychiatrist told the Coroner's Court the termination, along with 29-year-old Mr Goodchild's fears he had become infertile after suffering a medical problem, may have sent him spiralling into depression. As well as his regrets over the abortion, the inquest heard he was worried by his inability to land work as a professional actor, the big debts he had racked up after taking drama qualifications and his gambling habit. This is Bristol