"TYPICAL teenager" and wrestling fanatic Kamil Ciemnieswski died days after being rushed to hospital on his 16th birthday, a coroner heard.
The former St Peter's High School pupil was found hanging in his bedroom by his mother Iwona Szczurowska on February 21 at their Victoria Street home.
After being absent from school that day, he returned home and had a small argument with his mother about his attendance, as well as a slight dip in his grades.
After Kamil went to his bedroom, his mother made dinner but the teenager said he didn't want any. Ten minutes later Mrs Szczurowska went to check on him and found him hanging in his bedroom.
In a statement read out on behalf of his Polish speaking mother, Mrs Szczurowska said: "He was a kind, thoughtful and helpful boy who loved his family.
"He was a normal boy and it was a totally unexpected event. He will be most deeply missed."
Assistant deputy coroner Katy Skerrett heard how Kamil, a member of the ProEvo wrestling training academy based at the Morelands Trading Estate, had never been bullied at school, apart from one isolated incident back in 2005, and he was a popular and well liked teenager.
Summarising statements from his friends, she said Kamil had never talked about suicide but he had once stated he wasn't afraid of dying.
An open verdict was recorded at the inquest this morning.
Mrs Skerrett said: "He was a typical teenage boy and this was totally unexpected. He will absolutely be dearly missed.
"We will never be entirely sure what Kamil's intentions were at that point."
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