THE inquest into the death of a man found with a stab wound to his neck has opened.
Alexander James Raoul Clemence, 47, died at his home at Peninsula Heights, Bessborough Road, Poole, on August 14.
Area coroner for Dorset Brendan Allen opened and adjourned the short hearing at Bournemouth Town Hall on Wednesday.
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Coroner’s officer Nicola Muller told the inquest Mr Clemence was found unresponsive at his home address.
Ambulance and police attended, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post mortem undertaken by Dr Russel Delaney at Hollytree Lodge mortuary returned a medical cause of death as an incise wound to the neck.
Mr Allen adjourned the inquest for a full hearing to be held in April next year.
As reported, a 43-year-old man from Wimbledon was arrested on suspicion of murder and released on police bail. He was known to the victim.
An arrested woman was released without charge.
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