A BIG Brother hopeful threw himself under a Tube train just weeks after losing out on the chance to appear in the hit Reality TV show, an inquest heard.

Allister Logue, 55, from Rossendale, was among the final 80 potential contestants for the Channel Four programme's 11th and final series at TV studios in Elstree on June 9.

Viewers saw him standing in the crowd next to Caoimhe Guilfoyle, but she was picked as one of the 14 housemates and Mr Logue was discarded.

Westminster Coroner's Court heard how Mr Logue leapt to his death on July 24 beneath the wheels of an oncoming Northern line train at Charing Cross underground station.

The former club promoter had once said of himself: “Someone once introduced me as someone whose life is like a freight train. You either jump out of the way or get in and enjoy the ride, if you can hang on that long!”

Belfast-born Mr Logue spent much of the Seventies working as a hair and make-up artist alongside world-famous photographer David Bailey.

In recent years he moved to Ibiza where he became a well-known figure on the club scene as a promoter and DJ.

Last year Mr Logue moved to Burnley Road, Crawshawbooth. He was prescribed anti-depressants and was described by a friend as 'down on his luck'.

In a statement read to the court, Dominic Wilson, who met Mr Logue in 2003, said the night before his death Mr Logue had stayed at a Salvation Army hostel in Trafalgar Square.

The following morning at around 8.45am he hurled himself into the path of a tube train at Charing Cross. Mr Wilson said he then found draft suicide notes in Mr Logue’s belongings.

PC Steve Tucker of the British Transport Police said: “As the train approached the station Mr Logue was seen to leap off the platform and directly into the path of the train.

“The train driver immediately applied the emergency brakes but he was powerless to avoid striking him.”

Toxicology tests found no evidence of drugs or alcohol except for traces of the anti-depressants prescribed by his GP.

Coroner Dr Paul Knapman said: “It is clear that Mr Logue intended the consequences of his actions.”