Michael Isherwood: driven to his death after girl accused him of filming her

Shortly before he died, Michael Isherwood left a handwritten note for his sister: “Mud sticks. No coming back from these allegations.”

Isherwood, 51, an inspecting engineer at Vauxhall on Merseyside, had been accused by a 16-year-old girl of secretly filming her on his phone.

Devastated, Isherwood first tried to kill himself with an overdose of paracetamol.

He recovered but could not shake off the belief that his life was in ruins. Days later he was found dead in his car after gassing himself.

His family say police have told them there was no evidence of wrongdoing: the images on his phone were of Isherwood playing golf.

Now the family are calling on police to prosecute people who make false allegations. “An innocent life has been