AN inquest has opened into the death of a man found dead at a Premier Inn in Oxford.

Phillip Cooper, 44, was found dead at the hotel in Garsington Road, Cowley on August 5 this year.

The overhaul and repair engineer, who resided at Leonard Cheshire Driver, Merseyside, was reportedly found hanging.

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A paramedic from South Central Ambulance Service pronounced his death at 1.51pm.

At Oxford Coroner’s Court on Friday (August 23), an inquest was opened into his death.

The proceedings heard that, following a post-mortem examination, a medical cause of death has been provided as ‘hanging’.

He was identified to police using photo identification.

Area coroner Nicholas Graham has set a date for a full inquest to take place on December 5 at 12.15pm.