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"X Factor star Jahmene Douglas has revealed that he attempted suicide as a youngster. The 21-year-old singer explained that years of abuse at the hands of his father Eustace drove him to almost kill himself, but his brother Daniel stopped him at the last minute.   &amp;quot;Everyday was like a living hell. We would all get beaten, with Mum, Daniel and me getting the worst of it,&amp;quot; he told The Sun. &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t see a way out so I locked myself in the bathroom and tried to take a load of pills but Daniel smashed through the door and said: &amp;#039;Are you being stupid? Do you know how much we all love you?&amp;#039; &amp;quot;He saved my life that day.&amp;quot; Daniel committed suicide himself three years later. Speaking about his brother&amp;#039;s death, Douglas said: &amp;quot;Three years later things just got too much for my brother and he broke, I think that killing himself was his way of taking some power back from our dad. &amp;quot;Daniel was an inspiration to me on so many levels. He was an amazing person, who excelled at everything he did. &amp;quot;When things were at there worst with dad, talking to him helped me escape mentally. Then, when I was at my very lowest, he was there for me. He literally saved my life.&amp;quot; Last month, Douglas said that he was &amp;quot;relieved&amp;quot; that his past has been revealed in the newspapers. Eustace Douglas was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2003 for hitting the singer&amp;#039;s mother Mandy Thomas. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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