Mother hangs herself after becoming fixated with suicide scene from An Officer And A Gentleman

A devoted mother hanged herself after becoming 'fixated' by a suicide scene in the film An Officer And A Gentleman, an inquest heard.

Movie love split: Officer Candidate Sid Worley with girlfriend Lynette Pomeroy who rejects him [Photo: alamy / Daily Mail]

Claire Peake, 39, was found dead in her garage by her boyfriend after the pressure of juggling her job as a primary school teacher with looking after her newborn baby became too much.

In the weeks before her death, Claire and partner Stuart Withnall had watched the film in which Officer Candidate Sid Worley, played by actor David Keith, hangs himself in a motel shower cubicle after being rejected by his girlfriend.

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Cherie Blair turns football fixer to boost son's career as an agent

[ via Mail Online ] 18 Dec

Cherie Blair has taken time out of her busy international schedule to meet an unknown Mexican footballer to help boost her son’s sports agency business.

Cherie Blair (L) - Nicky (C) - Raul Mendolia (R)

Reportedly, a car collected 17-year-old soccer prodigy Raul Mendiola from his family’s rundown trailer-park home in a Spanish-speaking suburb of Los Angeles and took him to the plush hotel where the wife of the ex-Prime Minister was staying.

Mrs Blair – who is a director of her son Nicky’s football agency, to which Raul is signed – spent time chatting to the footballer before posing for a photograph with the bemused youngster.

Just days later, in an apparent attempt to cement confidence in her son’s business, Raul’s mother Claudia Velador received a picture of a smartly dressed Mr and Mrs Blair, personally signed with the words ‘Thank you’.

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