Veteran dairy farmer, 73, threw himself in front of a train after being driven to breaking point by pressures of modern farming, inquest hears
- “Herbert John Michael Batkin, 73, committed suicide on August 1
- Dragged half a mile down railway tracks after jumping in front of train
- Had been under pressure because of fears he could lose his livelihood
- Wife said she heard him get up at 2am but he never came back home”
ukgovernmentwatch 