A MAN with a successful career found it hard to cope with the stress and strain of his job.

Sean Thomas Rogers rejected a promotion, but worried afterwards whether he had made the right move.

Father-of-one Mr Rogers, 33, of Cherrydale Road, Kinnerton Park, Broughton, was found hanging in his garage on March 5, by his wife Stephanie.

A Flint inquest heard that Mr Rogers was a network engineer at the Airbus factory in Broughton.

A former Ysgol Morgan Llwyd pupil in Wrexham, he went on to gain a science degree in business and management and after working for Transco, secured a job at the aerospace factory in Broughton.

In 2001 he was promoted to head of network engineering but the added responsibilities put extra stress and strain on him, said North East Wales coroner John Hughes.

He again went for a better job in Airbus, which offered better prospects, but more responsibility, said Mr Hughes.

He was offered the job but on reflection he decided the job was not what he wanted and rejected the offer.

Although it appeared to lift a weight off his shoulders, said Mr Hughes, when he got home and found the confirmation of the job offer in a letter, he began to worry whether he had done the right thing.

His wife, Stephanie, a teacher, persuaded him to see the doctor and he was prescribed medication for stress and signed off work for two weeks with severe stress.

Mr Rogers told his bosses he was off because of a personal problem, not wanting to admit he was off with stress.

On Saturday, March 4, he was looking after his young son when he became extremely distressed and kept telling his wife he was a burden to her.

He calmed down and that night they went to bed.

Mrs Rogers woke early on Sunday morning when the baby started to cry and realised her husband was not in bed.

She got up to look for him and thought he had perhaps gone outside to have a cigarette.

Mr Hughes said: 'That was when you discovered him hanging in the garage. It must have been a profound and desperate shock.'

Pathologist Dr Roger Williams said Mr Rogers had died from suspension.

Mr Hughes recorded a verdict of suicide and said: 'This was a sad response to his depression and anxiety.'