A 30-year-old Latvian man tragically took his own life next to a canal in East Yorkshire after struggling to settle in the UK.

Konstantins Kalva’s body was found by a passer-by on land adjacent to the Sheffield Leeds canal in Albert Street, Goole, on August 12, 2019.

Hull Coroners' Court heard on Monday, March 16, that Mr Kalva had no history of mental health problems and never told his family that he had been struggling.

In a statement read out in court, Mr Kalva’s brother said he wished his brother had reached out to him.

He said: “Although I was not close to my brother I really do wish he had come forward to see me if he was depressed or if he was struggling.”

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On the morning of August 12, emergency services attended the scene in Goole after an elderly man reported having come across a body in the wasteland near Albert Street.

But paramedics soon established there was nothing that could be done and Mr Kalva was pronounced dead at the scene.

The court heard that Mr Kalva had “struggled to settle in one place” since moving to the UK in 2006.

He had moved from job to job and took cannabis, but Mr Kalva “seemed happy and never mentioned feeling depressed".

Senior coroner Professor Paul Marks accepted toxicological evidence that showed therapeutic levels of amphetamine in Mr Kalva’s blood.

Before recording a conclusion of suicide he said: “Quite why he did it, I don’t think anyone will ever know.”

Konstantins Kalva was born in Latvia on August 24, 1988, but tragedy struck early in his life when his father died leaving his mother to raise him and his two siblings on her own.

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At the age of 12 he went missing from his home for a night but was found safe and well the following day.

After leaving school he attended building college but the court heard how Mr Kalva had “no motivation to do anything".

He worked various jobs before securing a “well paid” role working on the highways.

Mr Kalva’s brother had moved to the UK in 2004 and two years later he received a call from his mother who told him Mr Kalva was on his way to England.

He first worked at a farm in Pocklington, and then worked in various locations across the region and Northampton before returning to East Yorkshire.

His brother said: “He was a really nice person, that’s all I can say.”