This is the story of how the pressure of debt drove a boy to take his own life.

In February 2015 Jerome gets a new job at CitySprint, a company that hires couriers to carry out individual deliveries.

His job is to bike around London transporting blood and documents between the city's hospitals - which are dotted all over the capital.

He's excited to finally get some financial independence. Although he's worked as a takeaway delivery boy before, the hours were really anti-social and he didn't make very much. Plus, he already has a motorbike - which makes getting the courier job much easier.

Delivering supplies to hospitals is an important job, and Jerome needs to be able to get across the city as quickly as possible.

When he first gets the job, Jerome excitedly tells his friends that he could earn as much as £1,500 a month - because he's technically "self-employed".

What this means is that Jerome isn't classed as a "worker" or an "employee" of CitySprint. He's technically, legally, in charge of his own earnings.

It also means that he isn't guaranteed a minimum amount of work in any given week, and he doesn't have any set hours.

But Jerome needs to keep himself available for as much of the day as possible. When he's logged in to the system, CitySprint could ask him to take a job at any time - and if he's not ready, he'll lose out on the job and any money he could have earned doing it.

Plus, because he's technically his own "business", he's responsible for all of his expenses - including the cost of his bike, his petrol, and any traffic fines he might get while out on a courier job.

He also has to pay CitySprint fees in order to hire his uniform and communication devices from them.

Still, Jerome is excited. He thinks he can make good money as long as he keeps himself available.

It's his first real job and his mum is proud of him.

But there's a problem - his bike won't start.