A HEROIN user son was found dead by his parents with a belt around his arm and a syringe in his hand.

Ian Wright, 24, died in the bedroom at their home in Ainslie Street, Burnley.

Epilepsy sufferer Mr Wright was killed by a combination of alcohol and morphine, an inquest was told.

Toxicology tests shown medication prescribed for epilepsy and there was evidence of cannabis taken within three or four weeks of death, Dr Zuhair Twaij told East Lancashire Coroner David Smith.

When the inquest was opened on April 28, Mrs Renee Wright said she was aware her son was taking heroin by injection.

On the morning of April 21 broke in through the locked door of his bedroom and called her.

They found him dead with a brown leather belt around his arm and a syringe in his left hand.

They knew he had been to the Tim Bobbin the previous afternoon but did not know who he was with or who had supplied him with drugs.

PC Kenneth Garrett said police were satisfied there was no third party involvement in the death.

Dr Twaij said the amounts of drugs and alcohol were small but it was the combination which had proved fatal.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, Mr Smith said Mr Wright was used to taking heroin but on this occasion what he may not have taken into account was the alcohol he had taken and which had probably tipped the balance.

There was obviously a higher risk to someone taking medication for epilepsy, he added.

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