A man in his 30s died in the shopping centre where he had been sleeping rough for several months.
The body of Mark Scullion was found in the Britten Centre in Lowestoft on June 29 last year, when a cleaner came into work early in the morning and found that he had died.
Mr Scullion’s inquest was brought to a close at Suffolk Coroners’ Court on Friday.
The court heard that Mr Scullion, 37, was homeless and is thought to have been using the shopping centre to sleep in for around four or five months.
He was known to have history of drug and alcohol dependency and had been hospitalised for a drug overdose the previous month.
The cleaner arrived at around 6.30am, and discovered Mr Scullion’s body. The emergency services were called and a member of the pubic tried to carry out CPR.
Despite everyone’s best efforts, Mr Scullion was found to have died.
CCTV footage at the shopping centre was checked, but the police did not find anything suspicious which could have contributed to his death.
Coroner Olivia Rose concluded that Mr Scullion had suffered a drug-related death.
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