Ryan Gilbert, 17, was found hanging from a window latch by a dog lead in the early hours of New Year's Day.

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The family say the tragic and dramatic action was completely out of character for the popular teenager and say it was cry for help.

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The court heard that his father Darren Douglas had to pull his son's body down before desperately trying to revive him.

A Leeds inquest recorded a verdict of misadventure after hearing that Ryan had rowed with a girlfriend just hours after accidentally reversing his grandad's car into a wall.

He had gone to a New Year's Eve party before turning up at his dad's house in Farnley after having had a few drinks.

Mum Janine, 37, said: "When you are a 17-year-old boy, you have had a drink, you have bumped a car, you have had an argument with a girl; it's the end of the world."

Toxicology reports found that the amount of alcohol in his blood was less than twice the drink driving limit.

Recording a verdict of death by misadventure, coroner David Hinchliffe said: "Whether it's the car or not I am not sure, but he had obviously got himself upset about something and when (you have] a drink it makes you either happy or sad."

He later added: "It may be that he, like many people, didn't realise that if you put pressure on your neck you will be unconscious within seconds and beyond help within minutes."

The former Intake High School pupil lived with his mother who is separated from his father, at Farfield Rise, Farsley, along with his sisters Chanelle, 14, and Louise, seven.

The inquest heard that Mr Douglas spoke to his son on the phone when Ryan said he had crashed his grandad's car and was concerned how his mum would react.

Ryan had also rowed with a girl he had been seeing called Leah.

In a statement read out in court Mr Douglas said that when Ryan arrived at his home, he was laughing and joking about the car.

"I still don't know why Ryan took his own life. I just cannot understand it. I know he was having a few issues with Leah. I can only think it was a cry for help."