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A SUCCESSFUL company director threw himself off a new apartment block due to crippling debts, an inquest ruled.

Vincent Ma, 33, jumped from a tenth floor balcony at the Discovery Dock complex by South Quay in front of a letting agent who was showing him around the property.

According to his friend and work colleague, Alison Gold, Vincent had suffered from depression for around two years before the incident due to money problems and had been undergoing regular visits to the Priory Hospital.

But the tragedy came to a head on January 8 this year when he called arranged a viewing at Discovery Dock with letting agent Claire Taylor.

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