archive | A “brilliant” barrister who represented Julian Assange ended his life by
leaping under a train after he was allowed to leave a private mental
health hospital to go for a walk at 5am.
John
Jones QC, a 48-year-old married father of two who worked at renowned
legal chambers Doughty Street, was being treated for severe depression
and had recently had his medication changed when he died at West
Hampstead Thameslink station on April 18 this year.
An
inquest at St Pancras Coroner’s Court heard that the lawyer – who
worked on high profile war crimes cases at The Hague – suffered from
“obsessive overthinking” which had become prevalent following a
stressful period in his life.
He
lived in Golders Green, and was staying as a voluntary patient at The
Nightingale hospital in Marylebone in the weeks leading up to his death.
