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this was in the metro newspaper the other day,
i'm ashamed to be called a British citizen
Married couple driven to commit suicide by utter poverty
An army veteran and his wife committed suicide after becoming destitute and being left to ‘fall through the social services gap’.
Mark and Helen Mullins are thought to have killed themselves at their rundown home after being reduced to despair as they struggled to live off just £57.50 a week.
The couple, who suffered a series of health and benefits setbacks and had their 12-year-old daughter taken into care, were found lying side by side.
Friends said they were let down by social services.
Military man: Mark Mullins said he found ‘Civvy Street’ difficult
Kervin Julien, from the Salvation Army, said: ‘This couple were simply allowed to slip through the net with tragic consequences. They just wanted support. This should never have happened.’
Mr Mullins, 48, worked in the Army as a PE instructor but fell on hard times after leaving the service, admitting he struggled to cope with ‘Civvy Street’.
His wife, also 48, suffered from learning difficulties and was deemed unfit to look after her daughter last year.
They walked 10km (six miles) a day to a soup kitchen, collecting free vegetables to cook into a broth on a camping gas stove.
They stored it in plastic bags in the shed because they didn’t have a fridge in their council home.
Mr Mullins told a TV interviewer last year how the pair were ‘living hand to mouth’ after struggling for 14 months to win some benefits for Mrs Mullins.
They were terrified that she was about to be sectioned, having long suffered from learning disabilities.
On Thursday last week, their bodies were found at their home in Bedworth, Warwickshire.
The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Mr Julien said yesterday: ‘Mark was absolutely devoted to Helen and didn’t want to be separated from her.’
Nuneaton and Bedworth borough council said it was ‘saddened’ by the deaths.
Deputy leader Tony Lloyd said: ‘We are working with the police and therefore there is very little we can release about the couple at this time.’
Whoever has let them slip through the net want to hang there heads .
Christ i feel physically sick, kin goverment.
i'm ashamed to be called a British citizen
Married couple driven to commit suicide by utter poverty
An army veteran and his wife committed suicide after becoming destitute and being left to ‘fall through the social services gap’.
Mark and Helen Mullins are thought to have killed themselves at their rundown home after being reduced to despair as they struggled to live off just £57.50 a week.
The couple, who suffered a series of health and benefits setbacks and had their 12-year-old daughter taken into care, were found lying side by side.
Friends said they were let down by social services.
Military man: Mark Mullins said he found ‘Civvy Street’ difficult
Kervin Julien, from the Salvation Army, said: ‘This couple were simply allowed to slip through the net with tragic consequences. They just wanted support. This should never have happened.’
Mr Mullins, 48, worked in the Army as a PE instructor but fell on hard times after leaving the service, admitting he struggled to cope with ‘Civvy Street’.
His wife, also 48, suffered from learning difficulties and was deemed unfit to look after her daughter last year.
They walked 10km (six miles) a day to a soup kitchen, collecting free vegetables to cook into a broth on a camping gas stove.
They stored it in plastic bags in the shed because they didn’t have a fridge in their council home.
Mr Mullins told a TV interviewer last year how the pair were ‘living hand to mouth’ after struggling for 14 months to win some benefits for Mrs Mullins.
They were terrified that she was about to be sectioned, having long suffered from learning disabilities.
On Thursday last week, their bodies were found at their home in Bedworth, Warwickshire.
The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Mr Julien said yesterday: ‘Mark was absolutely devoted to Helen and didn’t want to be separated from her.’
Nuneaton and Bedworth borough council said it was ‘saddened’ by the deaths.
Deputy leader Tony Lloyd said: ‘We are working with the police and therefore there is very little we can release about the couple at this time.’
Whoever has let them slip through the net want to hang there heads .
Christ i feel physically sick, kin goverment.
, specially the last line 
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