Man used nitrogen in homemade suicide kit

A man bought a tank of nitrogen over the counter from an industrial gas supplier and used it in a homemade suicide kit, an inquest heard yesterday.

German national Nikoly Gullich, 30, with an address at Pine’s Valley, Ballyvolane, Cork, was found dead in bed, his upper body taped down, a scuba diving mask over his face, and the gas tank nearby, on Feb 15 last.

Cork City Coroner’s Court was told that the man, who had been working for computer games software firm Blizzard Entertainment for three years, had walked in to a gas supplier’s premises on the outskirts of Cork City the previous day.