Top solicitor jumped in front of Tube train because he could no longer afford to send his children to private school

A solicitor worried about paying his children’s private school fees jumped in front of a train and killed himself, an inquest heard.

Vincent Buffoni, 49, was spending up to £30,000 a year to send Matthew, 14, to elite Charterhouse, and extra to send Francesca, ten, to a prep school.

But the law firm he owned had been hit by the recession, and he had remortgaged the family home to raise £60,000 to continue paying for his children’s education.   Read More