A PHONE call lasting just seconds may have been enough to drive a serving army soldier to kill himself – as it revealed he was likely to be the subject of a police investigation.

An inquest at Amersham coroners court heard that Rotherham born Mr Worrall took an overdose of pain medication after a brief conversation with his father Trevor Worrall.

No details of the police investigation were given at the inquest. The investigation is not proceeding.

Barry Worrall, 26, who was based at RAF Naphill, High Wycombe, was found dead in his car at Friars Square car park, Aylesbury, on March 17.

Driver Gareth Boulting spotted Mr Worrall and contacted car park security.

Sean Hamill, the technical services manager at the car park investigated.

He said: “I immediately feared he was dead because he was a grey blue colour.”

CCTV and the parking ticket confirmed he had driven into the car park the day before. His car had been logged overnight but security staff did not check it.

PC Simon Garey found a pen between Mr Worrall's legs - used to write a suicide note – which was discovered on him as well as packets of Tramadol and Codeine on the seat.

Mr Worrall, originally from Rotherham, was also a trainee pharmacist at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

He was part of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

On the morning he died Mr Worrall made his regular daily call to father Trevor Worrall from Rotherham.

The call lasted only around 19 seconds before they were cut off but this was not unusual, Mr Worral said, because the signal often went down.

Coroner Richard Hulett said: “In the course of that brief conversation you explained that you had been arrested by the police that morning in connection to their enquiries and you gave him the gist of what that was about.”

Mr Worrall said his son had paused and simply said “you're kidding?” before the line went dead.

He told Mr Hulett that police were likely to have wanted to speak with him.

Mr Hulett said the evidence showed Mr Worral had gone to the car park only 20 minutes after his father had last spoken with him.

He said: “It seems probable that he took the tablets in a short time afterwards. There was no element of accident about it.

“In this case I'm fairly sure he was frightful of the enquires which were to follow.

“As a result he concluded very rapidly after scarcely a long dialogue that he was likely to be the subject of an enquiry which was going to be harmful for him and upsetting to those who knew him.”

Mr Hulett recorded a verdict that he took his own life.

No details of the police investigation were given at the inquest, heard last Wednesday.

South Yorkshire police have since confirmed no charges are to be brought against Trevor Worrall.