AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of an Andover man at his home.

Michael Atkins, 60, was found hanged by his wife at his home in Kellys Walk on March 4, a hearing heard in Winchester on Friday last week.

Consultant pathologist Dr Adnan Al-Badri conducted a post-mortem and reported the cause of death as hanging.

Senior coroner Grahame Short adjourned the inquest until August 27.