A trainee police officer was "set up to fail", one of his sergeants has told an inquest. 

Anugrah Abraham, known as Anu, was aged 21 when he was found dead in Radcliffe on March 4 last year. 

Anu, from Whitefield, was a trainee police officer with West Yorkshire Police (WYP), but had been struggling with the job and his associated university course. 

The multiple-week inquest into his death has heard how he suffered "bullying", including being "b*******d" in front of his peers multiple times. 

On Monday, October 21, the inquest at Rochdale Coroners' Court heard how he had been placed on formal and informal "development plans" which were put in place due to him struggling at work. 

A formal development plan was in place when he was moved to the Halifax district, which is where he worked when he died. 

Sgt Timothy Hanson, one of the WYP sergeants based at Anu's station, gave evidence at the hearing. 

Senior Coroner Joanne Kearsley asked him about a statement he previously gave where he said he "didn't agree" with officers coming to the district on a development plan. 

Sgt Hanson said: "I think it is setting them up to fail, such are the demands of being on patrol. 

"In a safe learning environment, you can learn what you need to do. But when you are on patrol it is relentless demand, and then you are expecting someone to catch up." 

The coroner asked if he thought it was unfair to the team or the sergeants, to which he said it is "a little bit of everything, but mostly for the individuals". 

Inspector Osman Dillon, who was the inspector for Team 5 at Halifax station, the squad Anu was part of, also gave evidence. 

Ms Kearsley asked him about the performance of the team when he arrived in April 2022. 

He said: "I was shown the performance figures at the time and there were areas that required improvement. 

"Call handling when compared to other teams was quite low, there was failing management at the time, they weren't being led properly, staff were being allowed to not go out to calls and other teams were doing call handling for them." 

The inquest heard Anu had a meeting on January 23 last year about his performance with his line manager, Sgt Ryan.

In the meeting he was put on a performance plan. 

As well as speaking about his performance, Anu raised mental health struggles, including saying he was suffering with suicidal thoughts. 

Sgt Ryan wrote an email summarising the meeting, which was sent to Insp Dillon, Sgt Hanson and Sgt Mark Wade. 

In it, she highlighted the issues with Anu's performance but also wrote about his suicidal thoughts which had been raised. 

On being asked about the email, Insp Dillon said he "did not recall" it. 

Ms Kearsley asked him if he would expect one of the other sergeants to have raised it with him, to which he said "yes". 

The inquest continues.