A coroner’s court has confirmed that a man has died after taking drugs with a friend.

An inquest opened at Oxford Coroners Court on Thursday (September 12) into the death of Barry-Lee Green, of Upper Meadow, Headington.

The 47-year-old café manager had been taking drugs with his friend in Stansfield Close, Headington. The next day, on July 20, he was found dead.

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A South Central Ambulance Service paramedic verified his death at 2.31pm.

The inquest heard that a post-mortem examination was carried out and his cause of death has been provided as cocaine toxicity and hypertensive heart disease.

Coroner Nicholas Graham has set a date for a full inquest to take place on January 6 next year at 10am.