A MET firearms expert killed himself in a stand-off with police after blaming himself for the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, an inquest heard. 

Tony Hanley, 51, was depressed and complained of “seeing dead people” when he turned a handgun on himself in a street near his home in Wallington, south London. Officers had Tasered him and fired rubber bullets in a bid to make him drop the weapon, the South London coroner’s court heard. 

Mr Hanley, a physical protection technician, had told girlfriend Tina Harper he was haunted by the death of Mr Duggan, shot dead in August 2011. “He kept saying he was seeing dead people,” Ms Harper told the inquest.

She added that he said he felt responsible for Mr Duggan’s death as he had “recommended the bullets” used. The court heard Mr Hanley had suffered a “breakdown” three months before his death, claiming he was being bullied at work. He had reported feeling suicidal to doctors the day before he killed himself on January 30, 2016.

Dr Yvonne Hemmings, who assessed Mr Hanley in October 2015, said he had reported “extreme depression… triggered by long-standing workplace bullying.” The inquest continues.