Heartbroken parents call for better suicide prevention

THE heartbroken parents of a teenage suicide victim yesterday pleaded with Northern Ireland’s health chiefs to act before tragedy is inflicted on any more families.

Danny McCartan, 18, hanged himself at a derelict house near his north Belfast home in April.

The apprentice joiner’s dreams of starting a new life in the United States were shattered after anti-depressant tablets bloated his body and brought back the weight taunts that tormented his childhood.