A warehouse operative is thought to have died from inhaling a poisonous gas, an inquest has heard.

Danut Fotache, who was born in Romania and had no fixed abode, died on Sunday, January 22.

Last week at County Hall in Maidstone, an inquest opened into the 37-year-old’s death.

It heard how Mr Fotache was found next to St John’s Church in Amherst Road, Tunbridge Wells, and was identified by police officers.

It was recorded that he was then taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital, where he later died.

His cause of death was given as carbon monoxide poisoning.

It is suspected that he had breathed in the gas from the church’s heating vents.

Commenting at the time of his death, a police spokesman said: “Officers were called at around 9.15am after a man was found unresponsive in a car park on Amherst Road, Tunbridge Wells.

“His death is not currently being treated as suspicious and a report has been prepared for the coroner.”

A full inquest will be held at the same venue on Wednesday, June 21.