Gavin Le Cornu suffered multiple injuries when he fell 30 feet off a wall at La Collette on 8 August last year.
He died in hospital the following day after suffering a heart attack.
Recording his verdict at an inquest yesterday, Deputy Viscount Advocate Mark Harris said that it could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt that he had intended to take his own life or whether he had simply fallen.
Meanwhile, Mr Le Cornu’s father, Graeme, raised questions about a man who was seen nearby who he believes may have ‘tipped’ his son over the wall.
The man was never traced.
The inquest heard from a number of witnesses, including colleagues at Cory Car Paint, who described Mr Le Cornu as ‘his normal self’ on the day he died.
Mr Le Cornu had finished his shift at 5.30 pm and completed three deliveries before parking his moped in the car park at Mount Bingham, the inquest heard.
Leaving his glasses and phone with the bike, he walked down to Pier Road near steps which led down to Commercial Buildings, opposite the former La Folie Inn.
A witness told the inquest that he saw Mr Le Cornu leaning over the wall with his hands stretched out across it at about 6.15 pm.
Minutes later, Mr Le Cornu was found unconscious on the pavement below the wall with multiple injuries.
He was taken to the Hospital’s intensive care unit, where he died the next day.
Mr Le Cornu’s father told the inquest that he did not believe his son had the upper body strength to pull himself onto the wall, and he said he could not believe that his son would take his own life.
Another witness, who worked at nearby St Helier Mobile Motorworks, told the inquest that he saw a man in his 60s standing by the wall at the time Mr Le Cornu had fallen and said he ‘must have’ seen’ what had happened.
Det Con Verity Thomas told the inquest that the man was never positively identified, and that the police were not treating the death as suspicious.
Graeme Le Cornu said during the inquest that this man ‘held the key to the whole case’ and he questioned whether he had ‘tipped’ his son over the wall.
Forensic pathologist Dr Amanda Jeffrey said she could not exclude the possibility, but added that he would also have been leaning precariously over the wall at the time.
Shortly before he died, Mr Le Cornu sent a text message to his wife, Sarah, saying ‘love you’, but she told the inquest that this was not unusual. She said she wasn’t aware of any problems he had and that they were trying for a baby.
The inquest heard that he had visited his GP last year and had expressed concern about fertility issues, but showed no signs of emotional problems.
Advocate Harris recorded a verdict that Mr Le Cornu suffered multiple injuries consistent with a fall from height.
