20-year old girl kills herself because she feared losing her boyfriend to an arranged marriage

11:04 - 15 January 2016

A 20-year old woman who was terrified she would lose the love of her life to an arranged marriage killed herself by stepping in front of a lorry, an inquest heard.

Suk Yin Cheng, 20 left a note on her iPod expressing her distress at the fact her Muslim boyfriend of two years, Kahil Mohammad, could be forced to marry another woman in an arranged marriage.

Believing she would be unable to cope in that circumstance, the 20-year-old walked into the path of a speeding trailer - minutes after phoning Mr Mohammad to tell him: 'I love you. I'm doing this for you.'

Following her brief phone call to Mr Mohammad, she walked directly into the path of a passing lorry, the impact killing her instantly.

In a statement to the 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 when Miss Cheng's phone was recovered, they could see she had spoken to her friends via social media about her concerns over the arranged marriage.

But Mr Mohammad, 22, said a day before the incident, the pair chatted until around 11.30pm. He told police 'she seemed fine, happy and smiling' when she left.

Miss Cheng - who was born in Holland to Chinese parents pulled into the middle of the road. She made her phone call to Mr Mohammad at around 12.15am.

He recalled: 'She said that she loved me and that she was doing this for me. I did not know why she was saying that'

'I am in shock that this has happened, I miss her so much'