AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a man who found in Hampshire woodlands.

Jason John Pulman, 42, of Church Lane, Botley, was discovered by a dog walker on October 29 at Manor Farm, Southampton.

Yesterday senior coroner Christopher Wilkinson said that a post mortem carried out by Dr Adnan Al-badri gave a preliminary cause of death as hanging.

Mr Wilkinson adjourned the inquest until May 11, 2020.