A SPURNED lover was found hanging in his new home just weeks after his girlfriend left him.

Sweethearts, Mark Whiteley and Lisa Ruth had been together since school.

But three weeks after Lisa walked out, 26-year-old Mark was found by his best pal hanging from the door of the house in Greenwood Crescent, Orford. A note was left behind.

A family friend said: "It seems he couldn't cope with life without Lisa. Everyone is completely devastated.

"He had written three or four letters. He was a great lad who had loads of friends."

An inquest into his death has been opened and adjourned.

Friends of the pair said they have been getting on with their lives since the split.

His mother was in Spain when the news broke. She returned home immediately but was too distressed to talk.

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