THE death of a musician who was found dead inside his car has been ruled as a suicide by a coroner.
An inquest was held into the death of Mark Broadbent, known as Giles, on April 11 this year at Oxford Coroner’s Court.
Assistant coroner Nicholas Graham told the court that Mr Broadbent, 51, who was a musician, had been found dead inside his own van on September 4 last year.
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He was parked outside his home address in Kennet Close, Grove.
A post-mortem examination was carried out and his medical cause of death was provided as ‘carbon monoxide poisoning’.
Mr Graham ruled Mr Broadbent’s death as one of suicide.
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