A LISS teenager died in Petersfield last year after a desperate plea for help went tragically wrong, an inquest heard this week. Nigel Bianchini, then 19, of Western Road, Liss, hanged himself with a skipping rope in woods just behind the Co-op store in Moggs Mead on June 25 last year. He had been arguing with his girlfriend about a one-night stand he had had with another girl. But at an inquest at Penns Place, Petersfield, on Wednesday, David Horsley, the coronor for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, returned a verdict of accidental death. Mr Horsley told Mr Bianchini's family he was not convinced the teenager had gone to the woods intending to take his own life. The inquest heard that despite the heroic efforts of three Petersfield teenagers, several police officers and a team of paramedics, Mr Bianchini never regained consciousness. He was taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham but his family took the decision to switch off his life support machine three days later. Detective sergeant Mark Brindley told the inquest Mr Bianchini had a lot friends in the Petersfield area and had previously worked in a local post office but had been arrested after the theft of mail and had been serving a community punishment order. Det Sgt Brindley said Mr Bianchini and his girlfriend had spent June 25 together before going into the centre of Petersfield where they bumped into a girl who Mr Bianchini had previously had a one-night stand with. After returning to Liss, Mr Bianchini and his girlfriend argued about the incident and he began hitting himself in the face and encouraged her to kick him in an attempt to show he regretted his past actions. Mr Bianchini then left his girlfriend's house in Liss at 3-30 pm and was found hanging in the woods at Moggs Mead by teenager Ben Stephens around 3 -50 pm. Mr Stevens shouted for help and quickly called 999. With the help of his friends, Michael Cook and Ian Whyte, they cut Mr Bianchini down using a pair of scissors from the Co-op store. In his witness statement, Mr Stevens said Mr Bianchini's lips were blue and the pattern of the rope was in the skin of his neck. In his statement, Mr Stevens said: "I thought he (Bianchini) was dead." Pc Michael Hurst was the first officer on the scene at 4-09 pm. He told the inquest Mr Bianchini's eyes were glazed over when he examined him and he could not feel a pulse but said his skin was still warm. Pc Hurst then tried to resuscitate Mr Bianchini until the ambulance crew arrived at 4-26 pm. Paramedics injected drugs into Mr Bianchini's neck and continued to try to resuscitate him although he still had no pulse and was not breathing. The team then used electric pulses to try to shock Mr Bianchini's heart into restarting and were able to get a pulse. Mr Bianchini arrived at the Queen Alexandra Hospital at 5-20 pm but was unable to breathe and had no pulse without mediacal assistance. Mr Horsley paid tribute to the young boys and Pc Hurst, who he said should be "commended" for their efforts to keep Mr Bianchini alive. Nigel's mother, Dandai Bianchini, said that although her son was popular with some groups of young people in Petersfield he also had enemies who had beaten him and made threats against him. She said her son was a "different boy" after starting his community service for the theft of mail and had talked enthusiastically about the possibility of going to college. She said he had previously used hard drugs but had been clean for six months before his death. Mrs Bianchini said because Nigel did not have any income. He often found it hard to attend his community service in Portsmouth. Det sgt Brindley said Mr Bianchini's community punishment order had been suspended because of his failure to attend sessions and confirmed he would have had to return to court to face a harsher penalty and a possible prison sentence. Mr Bianchini's mother said he had become "very worried about going to prison" and had suffered beatings and racial abuse during his community service sessions. Glen Franckeiss, one of Mr Bianchini's probation officers during his community service, said: "Nigel worked well when he was with me. He was quiet, well spoken and level headed and was a pleasure to have on the group." Mr Franckeiss told the inquest no incidents of violence or racial abuse had taken place during his supervision of Nigel. He went on to say he had attempted to get Nigel an individual placement in either Petersfield or Liss to help with his travel problems. Pathologist Dr Anadan Al Badri confirmed Mr Bianchini had died as a result of asphyxiation due to hanging. He said he believed Mr Bianchini would have blacked out within seconds of the rope tightening around his neck. He added that Mr Bianchini has suffered "significant damage" to the brain and was only being kept alive by artificial means with no hope of recovery. Mr Horsley described Mr Bianchini as a "deep thinker" who did not want to burden his family with his problems. He went on to say teenagers often did things without thinking through the consequences. Mr Horsley said he was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt by the evidence and the facts in front of him that Mr Bianchini had intended to take his own life. He said the teenager had been "emotional for all sorts of reasons". Mr Horsley said: "He has gone there with all these emotions whirling around his head. "Perhaps he heard voices of other people and has possibly tried to make some sort of gesture. "Unfortunately, the way he has made this gesture – it's a one way trip." Mr Horsley went on to say: "It is so sad it all ended like this and this was the only way he felt he could solve his problems. "There was obviously a lot to Nigel." Dr Al Badri also said he did not think Mr Bianchini had intended to end his own life. Mr Horsley said he hoped the family could "concentrate on the happy memories of Nigel and I hope things things will resolve themselves in that way."