Three months after a man was found dead in a halfway house an inquest has opened.

Despite typically taking place within two weeks the start of a hearing into Shaun Wright's death was delayed as a coroner still hadn't received a post-mortem report.

But at Maidstone's Archbishop's Palace on Tuesday it was revealed Mr Wright, 31, died as a result of an overdose.

He was found face down on his bed at the shared house in Dale Street, Chatham, seven hours after an ambulance was first called.

Paramedics had to break the door down and were unable to revive Mr Wright, originally from Margate.

Speaking at the time one resident, who did not wish to be named, said he'd had only been living in the house for two days when he had to phone the ambulance after Mr Wright did not respond.

He said: "As soon as I came here Shaun helped me. He'd lend me clothes and cigarettes.

"I'd been living in a tent for four weeks before developing pneumonia and almost dying. Obviously I smelt pretty bad and Shaun was kind enough to sort me out.

"I spoke to him a lot in the two days I was here with him. He told me he hated living there having moved down from Margate.

"The night before I phoned the ambulance he was in a really bad way and saying he just wanted to take loads of pills and not wake up. I calmed him down and he went to bed.

"Later on he was shaving and seemed completely fine. That was the last time I saw him."

Alfie Mitchell, 18, pictured, described Mr Wright as a "great guy" who he'd regularly chat to over a cup of coffee.

Mr Mitchell and the two other men in the property clubbed together to buy a bunch of flowers which are taped to the house's front door.

Paramount, which manages the house, soon moved the other tenants out after they reported that cleaners hadn't been to the property for several days, meaning a blood-soaked mattress had to be dragged outside the property and left due to the smell it was causing.

The inquest will resume on April 1 at 2pm at the Archbishop's Palace in Maidstone.