Stephen evans attorney prison

A convicted fraudster killed himself amid pressure over owing people money, a coroner has heard.

Stephen Evans was found dead at his home in Kendal, Cumbria, on 27 September last year after colleagues reported he had not turned up for work.

Cumbria assistant coroner Margaret Taylor heard Mr Evans, 38, served more than four years in prison for fraud but feared an "elephant that keeps coming back for money".

She concluded his death was a suicide.

Mr Evans was born in Widnes, Merseyside, in 1983 and trained to be a financial advisor spending a year in Dubai, the inquest in Cockermouth heard.

His mother said she worked for his Liverpool-based investment company for a short while in 2011 but he became "increasingly unpleasant and agitated" towards her, culminating with him throwing Chinese food at her and storming out.

She heard nothing else from him for 10 months un