Warning: This story contains information some readers may find distressing. The BBC Action Line has details of a range of advice and support for anyone affected by the issues raised. A coroner has said she "cannot be satisfied" that former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton intended to take his own life. After the 46-year-old was found "unresponsive" at his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, on 14 September, a pre-inquest review was told his provisional cause of death was hanging. Alison Mutch, sitting for the full inquest at Manchester South Coroner's Court in Stockport, concluded that while she was "satisfied that Hatton had carried out the acts which led to his death, [she] could not be sure he intended to take his own life". Hatton's son, Campbell, told the court: "He [Ricky] had made plans for the future which leads us to believe this [his death] wasn't premeditated." Hatton was last seen by his family on 12 September when he appeared "well" but failed to attend an event the following day. On the morning of 14 September, his manager Paul Speak arrived at Hatton's home to take him to Manchester Airport to catch a flight to Dubai, where he had been hoping to fight later in the ye
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