Model Luke Cannon, 31, ‘remorseless’ after choking dancer girlfriend in drug-fuelled sex game

A model who was said to be ‘inconsolable with remorse’ after choking his girlfriend to death during a sex game gone tragically wrong, went to a secluded forest and hanged himself.

Luke Cannon, 31, described by his mother as “a wonderful man who lit up the room”, had been using the drug GHB and cocaine with girlfriend Georgia Brooke, 26, when he said he passed out and stopped breathing.

After calling a GP friend, she called 999 and paramedics attended her home in Thornbury, Bradford, where they found Georgia in cardiac arrest, naked and lying on the floor next to a bed.

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Luke went to Bradford Royal Infirmary in a separate ambulance in Georgia but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. After being told she had died, Luke called a friend of Georgia’s and told him she had died.

He left the hospital via a fire exit and was found dead a short time later in secluded woodland off Squire Lane, Bradford. West Yorkshire Police hunted him as a murder suspect after doctors found ligature-like marks around Georgia’s neck, which a pathologist later concluded were caused by manual strangulation and led to her death.

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On Wednesday, a coroner concluded that Georgia, from Ossett, was unlawfully killed. Today, coroner Martin Fleming concluded that Luke had taken his own life and said he appeared to be “inconsolable” with remorse.

The hearing was told that Luke, formerly of Hebden Bridge and Bradford, had taken GHB, Viagra and cocaine on the night of the tragic sex game in February 2022. He had a history of cocaine use and had previously admitted using anabolic steroids.

In a statement, his mother Jane described Luke as “a wonderful man who lit up the room”. Jane described him as a kind man who worked as a model, plasterer, laborer, doctor’s receptionist and part-time firefighter and enjoyed swimming, hiking, going to the gym and cycling.

She said Luke and Georgia’s relationship was casual at first, but he told his mother he believed he had found his soul mate and was looking forward to their future together. The inquest heard Luke was “coercive” towards Georgia, but Jane said she “felt strongly” the relationship was not coercive.

She said that “as far as I could see it was a balanced relationship.” Luca’s brother Joshua described him as a “happy and generous person” and not a controlling person. He said Luke was a unique and special person who cared about Georgia.

In a statement, a friend of Georgia said she received a text from her days before her death saying she was “having fun” and that Luke was “genuine and has done more for me than anyone else boy ever “.

Detective Sergeant Phil Hardwick, who investigated Georgia and Luke’s deaths, said CCTV footage from the hospital showed Luke was “very upset” and appeared to be crying. Luke had told a nurse that he and Georgia had taken ‘G’ – GHB – and she had passed out.

The officer said there was nothing to suggest the sexual activity was not consensual. The officer agreed with the coroner that there was evidence that Luke had used “chokes” on other people before meeting Georgia. The officer said there was evidence that Luke had previously choked Georgia.

Mr Fleming said Luke had no history of self-harm and appeared to be “inconsolable” with remorse after Georgia’s death. He concluded that Luke had been “so overwhelmed” and intended to take his own life and recorded a verdict of suicide.

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