A BROMSGROVE student with a history of self-harming was killed when he jumped in front of an 85mph train.

An inquest jury at Loughborough Magistrates Court heard that efforts had been made by former barman Bredon O'Reilly to talk Christopher Mahon out of the attempt.

The 21-year-old second year Loughborough University undergraduate left a note in the pub where O'Reilly worked in the town, which stated his intention to kill himself at the railway station that night.

After discovering the note the barman alerted the police and staff at Loughborough railway station and searched for Mr Mahon, whom he found at the railway station.

Mr O'Reilly said he believed he had managed to talk Mr Mahon, whom he knew slightly, out of committing suicide.

During their conversation the student had confessed he felt a disappointment to himself and his family.

But Mr O'Reilly told him that his parents would love him whatever.

Midland Mainline driver Paul Smith told the jury that just after midnight he saw a man on the platform of Loughborough Station take a running jump in front of his train.

The student was declared dead at the scene in the early hours of Tuesday, May 23.

His housemate at Cumberland Road, Loughborough, Stephen Beesley, said the day before his death Mr Mahon, whose parents Michael and Yvonne live in St Godwald's Road, Aston Fields, had been excited about being picked for the last round of the the BBC series Shipwrecked.

He told the hearing "He seemed bright and happy.

"In the first year he was very much outgoing and the second he was a bit subdued - he wasn't quite the same character."

Leicester Royal Infirmary's consultant pathologist, Dr Charles Kendall, said Mr Mahon had died from multiple injuries.

He also had a history of psychological problems, and self-harming.

The jury returned a verdict of suicide.