Pro-wrestler Mark ‘Dynamic Domino’ Gedge killed himself after being banned from the gym because muscle-drug gave him heart condition
18st bodybuilder Mark Gedge, 44, went into a 'deep depression' when doctors banned him from working out
A PROFESSIONAL wrestler killed himself after getting heart failure from taking muscle-building steroids, an inquest heard.
Mark Gedge, 44, known as Dynamic Domino, went into a "deep depression" when doctors banned him from the gym.
An inquest heard his heart was working at just 36 per cent of the normal capacity because of his use of bodybuilding drugs.
Mark, a presenter with Sunshine Radio in Hereford, told bosses he needed time off work and was going camping.
He was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a tent on the Brecon Beacon mountains in June.
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His mother Shirley Barber told the inquest in Brecon, South Wales: "It seems that because of steroid abuse he had the heart condition.
"His ex-wife said he had been injecting steroids.
"A scan showed his heart was only working at 36 per cent.
"It meant he couldn't workout in the gym and he went into a deep depression."
Eighteen-stone Mark, of Ledbury, Hereford, wrestled on the European circuit and had just returned from the States when doctors discovered his weak heart.
Powys coroner Andrew Barclay said: "It appears he was upset about his health condition and deliberately killed himself."
Verdict: suicide.
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