AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a Hampshire pensioner.

Winchester Coroner’s Court heard Barry Summers, of Lambourne Road, West End, died in hospital after suffering a fall.

Mr Summers, 77, was rushed to Southampton General Hospital on January 20, but died the next day.

Pathologist Prof James Nicoll gave a preliminary cause of death as head injuries.

Senior coroner Grahame Short adjourned the inquest to June 11.