Man, 38, found dead in hotel room shortly after receiving eviction notice
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 38-year-old man found dead in a hotel room had been battling heroin addiction for at least 15 years, an inquest heard. Stuart Swales visited Blackpool with friends in March and booked into the Royal Windsor Hotel for two nights.
Stuart had been having a 'good time' but was found slumped over a bath tub in the en-suite, in the early hours of March 6, a hearing at Blackpool Town Hall heard.
Despite the best efforts of hotel staff, who carried out CPR, he was pronounced dead by paramedics a short time later. The inquest heard that prior to finding him, staff had repeatedly knocked on his door and the duty manager eventually had to use a master key to gain entry. READ MORE : Person hit by train on line between Wigan and Preston with Manchester Airport line now facing delays Once inside, the duty manager heard a tap running and headed to the the bathroom.
Stuart, of Burnley, was 'clearly deceased', LancsLive reports. Alongside Stuart's body in the bathroom they drugs paraphernalia packets containing a brown powder later determined to be heroin.
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