A young accountant who plunged to his death from an office building died of shame as his life was torn apart by an online gambling addiction, his father said today.
Joshua Jones, 23, jumped from a ninth floor balcony after his debts mounted and saw no way of keeping up with the crippling loans he had taken out to feed his habit, an inquest heard.
The graduate had won a job with PwC, one of the worlds most prestigious accountancy firms, but had a double life and was addicted to online betting, his father Martin told Southwark Coroners Court.
After the inquest he called for a shake-up of the online gambling industry so that addicts could be permanently banned from placing bets.
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