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.
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