Woman, 20, killed herself fearing she would lose boyfriend to arranged marriage, inquest hears

'I love you… I’m doing this for you': Final words to boyfriend she believed would be forced into arranged marriage before she stepped in front of lorry an aspiring fashion designer who feared she would lose the love of her life to an arranged marriage stepped in front of a lorry, an inquest heard. 

Suk Yin Cheng

Suk Yin Cheng left a note on her iPod expressing her belief that her boyfriend of two years would be forced to go through with the marriage. He said the 20-year-old appeared “happy” the last time they were together on the night before the tragedy in July last year. But minutes before her death, Miss Cheng rang Kahil Mohammad and said:

“I love you… I’m doing this for you.”  Instead of driving home to her parents' home, the young woman - known as Caley by her family - headed to a busy dual carriageway and walked in front of the HGV.
The hearing was told she died of multiple injuries after being hit by the lorry on the A38, near Burton, Staffordshire, in the early hours of July 2 last year.

Khalil Mohammad, Suk Yin Cheng's boyfriend

 In a note left on her iPod, Miss Cheng expressed concerns that her boyfriend was going to be part of an arranged marriage and she was distressed and depressed as a result.
In a statement to police, Mr Mohammad explained that he and Miss Cheng were "inseparable" and he wanted to marry her. At the inquest, PC Carl Matthew, the investigating officer from Staffordshire Police, said that when Miss Cheng’s phone was recovered they could see she had spoken to her friends via social media about her concerns over an arranged marriage. But Mr Mohammad, 22, said an arranged marriage had not been discussed on the evening before Miss Cheng’s death.The coroner’s court heard that the day before the tragedy, Miss Cheng had been to work at the Boots warehouse, at Centrum 100 in Burton-on-Trent. Then she had driven to Mr Mohammad’s house in Derby where the pair chatted until about 11.30pm. He told police "she seemed fine, happy and smiling" when she left.

"She had a good sense of fashion and was a positive girl and an optimist It is still very hard to believe she would do this in this way as it is so unlike her"

Suk Yin Cheng's uncle 

Miss Cheng walked into the path of an HGV

She was due to drive to her parents' home in Derby, but instead drove towards Burton, where she pulled into a layby. At around 12.15am, they spoke on the phone. Mr Mohammed said: “She said that she loved me and that she was doing this for me. I did not know why she was saying that.” The hearing at Burton Town Hall was told Miss Cheng died at 12.40am when she was hit by the lorry. South Staffordshire coroner Andrew Haigh concluded that Miss Cheng had "committed suicide while distressed".

He said: “Having heard the evidence, I am satisfied that the loss of Mr Mohammad to an arranged marriage to someone else was an ongoing concern to Caley. “In a distressed state, she has deliberately walked out in front of a heavy goods vehicle with the intention of killing herself and she has done so.” The inquest heard Miss Cheng did not have any diagnosed physical or mental health problems and was not intoxicated when she died. After the hearing, Miss Cheng’s family said they could not believe she would take her own life as she was such an optimistic girl. Her uncle, Michael Cheng, 48, explained that Miss Cheng had dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, but had taken a year out to experience the world of work. He said: “Caley was a warm-hearted person and a family girl. She had a good sense of fashion and was a positive girl and an optimist. “It is still very hard to believe she would do this in this way as it is so unlike her. Everyone from the family will remember her and love her always.”


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