A YOUNG man hanged himself in his grandmother's garden after struggling to get the mental health support he needed.

Jamie Robert Bruce Plowman, of Cavendish Place, Newport, was found by his mother and grandmother in the early hours of April 7 last year.

An inquest into his death heard his mother, Sara Plowman, had raced to her mother's house, where the 20 year old had been staying, after waking up at 1am sensing something was wrong.

Ms Plowman and her mother, Avrill Glassett, found Mr Plowman outside and tried to resuscitate him.

Tuesday's hearing was told Mr Plowman had a history of mental health problems and had been admitted to St Mary's Hospital, Newport, following an overdose just two months before his death.

Ms Plowman, who suspected her son had autism, blamed delays in getting mental health support for her son feeling depressed.

She claimed the trust were dismissive of Jamie: "I felt no one was taking it seriously."

When police arrived at the scene, Ms Plowman was heard screaming Isle of Wight health workers were to blame.

Island Coroner, Caroline Sumeray, criticised the Isle of Wight NHS Trust for allowing Mr Plowman to leave the hospital so soon after the overdose.

She said: "He should not have been allowed to leave without a mental health risk assessment."

The trust also came under fire for not including the family in their own internal investigation into Mr Plowman's death, which the family said was filled with inaccuracies.

Two agency nurses — who have since left the country — have been referred to the local medical committee following their involvement with Mr Plowman.

Interim head of nursing, Bev Fryer, who spoke at the inquest said: "I can't say what went wrong."

She told the inquest, concerns for Ms Plowman's mental health following her son's death meant they had not got in touch straight away, but this was not followed up at a later date.

She said lessons had been learnt from Mr Plowman's death and the trust was now in a much better position than it had been a year ago.

Sara Plowman first moved to the Island with her two sons ten years ago.

However, Mr Plowman was bullied out of two Island schools before his mother decided to home educate him.

Ms Plowman told the inquest he would frequently come home "covered in cigarette burns and spit" and on one occasion, a group of teenagers had broken into her house to find her son.

He later attended the Isle of Wight College to study bricklaying, which Ms Plowman said he enjoyed.

Mr Plowman was an avid guitar player, sometimes playing for up to 18 hours a day, however, he developed a ganglion on his wrist which left him unable to play.

His mother said: "He felt like everything was taken away from him — he wanted to be a pilot but his eyesight wasn't good enough. He wanted to play guitar but his injury meant he couldn't."

Ms Plowman saw her son just hours before his death and said she knew something was wrong by his calm demeanour.

She said: "He seemed in a good mood, but I was not happy. I knew something was wrong.

"I woke up at 1am and I just knew I had to go check up on Jamie."

A note, left in the strings of Mr Plowman's guitar and found by police, was read out to the family at the inquest.

Ms Sumeray ruled Mr Plowman's death to be suicide by hanging.

Speaking about the effects of Mr Plowman's death, Sara Plowman said her youngest son had since been expelled from school due to an incident with other pupils — which the family said stemmed from his brother's death.

The coroner order the NHS Trust to follow up with adequate mental health support for him.

Speaking after the inquest, Ms Plowman said: "We are devastated. I can only hope the NHS learn something from this, and that something positive — if you can even call it that — can come from his death."

The following organisations offer free and confidential support over the phone:

Samaritans —116 123 24 hour support, every day of the year www.samaritans.org

Papyrus — 0800 068 41 41 Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm, weekends 2pm to 10pm, bank holidays 2pm to 10pm or Text 0778 620 9697 – prevention of young suicide www.papyrus-uk.org

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) — 0800 58 58 58, 5pm – midnight. Dedicated to preventing male suicide www.thecalmzone.net