Petty Officer Jon Errington Paxton, 38, was found dead with a gunshot wound in the showers of the minehunter HMS Cattistock while docked in Portsmouth in April 2023, after taking weapons keys from a sleeping colleague. An inquest heard he was struggling with divorce, depression, anxiety, debts of up to 25,000 pounds and pending sexual assault charges.
Royal Navy petty officer took his own life with assault rifle aboard HMS Cattistock after marriage breakdown and sexual assault allegations, inquest hears
