A FORMER project manager died at home as a result of a head injury, an inquest heard.

The exact date that Colin Macleod fractured his skull could not be established, but he was found unconscious on the floor of his home in Goldfinch Way, South Wonston.

Grahame Short, coroner for central Hampshire, said it would have been at some point between when he was last seen, April 1, and when he was found on April 3.

He was discovered by his housekeeper, Helen Davies, who immediately called for help. She told the coroner’s court how she found Mr Macleod in his office with his feet tangled in wires under his desk.

He was taken to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital but remained unconscious and died on April 8.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded.