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Police officer fell to his death from an aqueduct just hours after breaking up with his girlfriend

An inquest in Ruthin heard PC Donaldson, who joined North Wales Police in 2018 and was serving in the Wrexham rural division, had suffered from depression for a couple of years.

PC Ryan Donaldson, 31, plunged from a landmark aqueduct known as a notorious suicide spot.

An inquest heard passers-by saw him jump – and dialled 999 to call police as the body lay on a path at the foot of the drop. Read the full story here ▶