A GROUNDS maintenance worker has been found dead near Didcot, an inquest has heard.
Gary Jones, 58, was found dead at his home address in Wilcher Close, East Hagbourne on June 2 this year.
A South Central Ambulance Service paramedic verified his death at 6.03pm that day.
It is unknown who called the emergency services as the circumstances surrounding his death are currently unknown.
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At an inquest opening at Oxford Coroner’s Court on Thursday (June 13), it was heard that a post-mortem examination was carried out.
The medical cause of death has been provided as ‘blood loss and asphyxia’.
Area coroner Nicholas Graham has set a date for a full inquest to take place at the same court on November 5 at 10am.
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