The bereaved mother of a London commando who hanged himself five months after serving in Afghanistan told today how her son had come home enraged.
Royal Marine Dylan Kemp, 28, quit his job as a building society manager to serve with 42 Commando in Helmand.
His mother, Mary Kemp, today accused the Royal Navy of failing to help Mr Kemp deal with the trauma of his service, which included the deaths of two friends.
She was today meeting her legal team to consider requesting a judicial review, disputing a comment made last week by the Croydon coroner that the military "did all they could" for her son.
At the inquest, a senior officer admitted Mr Kemp did not have a post-combat stress interview which is supposed to happen within 12 weeks of return.
His mother said: "He came back angry, he couldn't contain it and would argue over the smallest thing. I remember talking to him in the kitchen and he had his arms straight down by his side and his teeth clenched, and said: 'I'm so angry'."
The first three months of his tour in 2008 involved intelligence work in Kabul, followed by duty in Lashkar Gah. On his return, he requested a desk job in a London careers office and was separated from his unit, which stayed at its Plymouth barracks.
He returned home in April 2009 and hanged himself that September at his Croydon flat. Two days earlier, he was charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Mr Kemp was also on bail over a road rage attack.
His mother said: "In the 12 weeks after they come back, the lads and lasses should have a post-operation stress interview to see if anything is wrong and this wasn't done for Dylan."
Recording a verdict of suicide last week, Coroner Roy Palmer said the armed forces did "all they could" to support their troops. Kim Harrison, of law firm Pannone, said: "We are reviewing all options for our client, including requesting a judicial review into the conduct of the inquest."
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An MOD spokesman said: "The mental health of service personnel is a top priority and we have robust systems in place to identify and treat those with mental health issues. Marine Kemp went through all the mandatory operational stress management measures on return from his deployment."
