He asked what bins needed to go out and asked how his sister was, there was nothing unusual. 'I last spoke to him on August 13 at 5.30pm. He said he was planning on rejoining the Army as an officer and seemed ecstatic. 'He called me to tell me his results had come back for his tests and that they were clear. 'When we went on holiday on August 9 he was laughing and joking and back to his normal self and nothing gave us cause for concern. It was a big event in his life and he told me in May that he felt he had let me down. She said: 'He was devastated when he left the Army. In a statement his mother, Lisa Gibson told North Staffordshire Coroner's Court she had last spoken to her son over the phone the day before he died. The inquest heard how Macauley, who gained a master's degree in sports science and psychology, had discharged himself from the Army in April, 2019 after suffering chest pains during physical training. 'Tests were done by his GP to see if there was any issue with his heart, and all of those tests came back negative.' 'For that reason, having been told the physical training would only get harder, he decided he was going to leave the Army. 'When he did one of his physical tests in the Army he had a tight chest while he was running and felt like he couldn't breathe. In terms of mental health he was fine on the whole. 'I thought it was strange that he didn't text me on the Wednesday morning, but I thought he was lying in or tidying up before his family came back'.ĭescribing their life together she said: 'Our relationship was very good, we never had an argument. 'The last message he sent told me how much he loved me and he wished me a good night's sleep. He talked about how his plans had been frustrated by him coming out of the Army. 'We had a conversation and he said he was going to propose to me and planned on marrying me. Bethany admitted she thought it was strange he had failed to text on the day he was found dead and he was discovered when his family returned home from holiday

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