AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a man at his Southampton home.

Winchester Coroner's Court heard 56-year-old Sikander Singh Bawa, of Peartree Avenue, Itchen, was found at his home on September 20, last year.

A preliminary cause of death was given of heart disease and recent drug use.

Senior coroner Grahame Short adjourned the inquest to August 21.