A HAMPSHIRE man with a “troubled past” died from a combination of drugs, an inquest heard.

Daniel Kempster from Winchester was discovered unconscious at his sister’s home in the middle of the night.

Mr Kempster, who had a history of drug abuse, had been released from the city prison three days previously.

Winchester Coroner’s Court heard that emergency services rushed to the scene on June 11, but the 35-year-old was already dead.

Mr Kempster, of Staple Gardens, had been treated by Inclusion drugs and alcohol service since 2016 prior to serving his prison sentence.

Toxicology results showed that Mr Kempster had a number of drugs in his system including morphine - a breakdown product of heroin - and “spice” - a former legal high.

There were also a number of prescribed drugs in his blood.

Pathologist Dr Balvinder Shoker said these would have had a depressive effect on the central nervous system.

He gave a cause of death as poisoning from multiple drugs, as they were not in high levels but the combination of the drugs proved fatal.

In a statement, his sister Janey Broomfield said that she had gone out earlier in the day and left Mr Kempster at home, when he was still alive.

Having come home and gone to sleep, she awoke in the night to find him not breathing.

She added that she knew he had taken spice the day before his death, having seen him in a “zombie-like state.”

Central Hampshire coroner Grahame Short said Mr Kempster had “a troubled past.”

“After he was released from custody he had immediately reverted to drug use which included heroin,” he said.

“It is possible that he had a seizure but there’s no evidence.

“It is more likely a case that he had been controlled and restricted and drug free in prison and so was less tolerant when he took those drugs.

“Daniel was a vulnerable man. He had no stability in his life or home and the temptation of illicit drugs was too much to resist when he came out of prison.”

Mr Kempster had taken heroin and ‘spice’. Central Hampshire Coroner Grahame Short recorded a conclusion of a drug-related death.