AN inquest, originally halted because of concerns over the levels of prescribed medicines found in a man's body, has found that he died of heart disease.

The resumed inquest heard evidence from on-call doctors who had treated Arthur Young and a leading toxicologist.

The hearing was told that the build-up of pain killing drugs was due to Mr Young's inability to process them because of a number of chronic medical problems.

Mr Young, 79, of Branch Road, Mellor Brook, was suffering from an inoperable aortic aneurysm and on-call doctors who visited him on Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10, prescribed stronger pain relief on each occasion.

Initially, pathologist Dr Richard Prescott, who carried out a post-mortem examination, expressed concerns about the level of tramadol and dihydracodeine which had contributed to the cause of death.

But having heard further medical evidence which was not available at the time of the first inquest Dr Prescott accepted the higher levels of the drugs were due to other health problems which prevented Mr Young's body from breaking them down.

Verdict: Natural causes.