PAUL Gascoigne has been left heartbroken by the death of his drug addict nephew.
The body of Jay Kerrigan, 22, was found at a tower block in the early hours.
A pal of footie legend Gazza said: “He is devastated. Jay was a lovely lad.
“He has had a problem with drugs for a while now but was trying his hardest. The family are shattered.”
In 2008 she made a public plea to fans to stop buying him drinks for fear it would kill him.
Jay lived with Anna, his stepdad Michael, a drummer and band promoter, and sister Harley, 20, in Gateshead. He was working as an admin assistant for environmental charity Groundwork North East.
Messages he posted on Facebook told of his drug battle. In November he wrote: “I’ve done some terrible s**t this year and lost all my friends because of it.”
In January he said: “Addiction is a disease, I was born with it. I haven’t smiled in years, I feel trapped. For heavens sake I’ve just came out of emergency heart surgery and now I’m back on it again.”
Paramedics were called to Warwick Court, a ten-storey block of flats where tenants pay £85-a-week rent, at 12.30am on Saturday. Jay’s cause of death is not known but police do not believe anyone else is involved.
Last month Gazza was pictured looking battered and bruised after taking a fall during a two-day binge.
He later said the photo in Gidiupdate saved him because it made him realise the state he was in.
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