A MAN was found hanging by a dogwalker at an Eastleigh park.

Martin Michael Weldon, 58, was pronounced dead in the woodland of Fleming Park.

The Loveridge Way resident was identified by a police officer using a photo that had been sent to the control room.

Mr Weldon was officially reported deceased on June 2.

A post mortem report by pathologist Dr Adnan Al-Badri states the preliminary cause of death as hanging.

Area coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp adjourned the full inquest to November 25.