A TEACHER was found hanged at his school hours after showing off an engagement ring he planned to give to his girlfriend on a romantic holiday.

Dafydd Bury taught philosophy at LVS Ascot following a career on the hockey pitch, where he picked up a bronze medal at the 2009 European Hockey Championship for Wales.

The 25 year-old’s partner, Sophie Phillips, said that although he was known to suffer from depression he had become much happier since an overdose in 2015, with the pair booking a holiday in Bali.

After drinking with fellow teacher William Truter at the London Road school on May 1, the assistant house master returned to his room where he called his girlfriend saying “I phoned to say goodbye”.

The next morning Mr Bury was seen hanging from his ceiling. An open verdict was recorded as suicide could not be asserted beyond doubt.