The victim of the alleged Botley murder was stabbed in the neck and torso, a coroner heard.

Computer programmer Leonid Laboshin died on October 17, exactly a month after his 31st birthday.

His death was confirmed by a Thames Valley Air Ambulance medic at 10.06pm at his home in Pinnocks Way, Botley.

Opening an inquest into Mr Laboshin’s death, senior coroner Darren Salter heard that a post-mortem gave the provisional cause of death as stab wounds to the neck and torso.

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A police investigation was ongoing, the coroner recorded.

Mr Laboshin was said to be single and was born in Russia in September 1990. He was an information technology programmer.

His housemate, Eugen Coman, 33, is expected to stand trial next spring charged with Mr Laboshin’s murder.

In a tribute released last month, Mr Laboshin's family described him as sensitive and intelligent whose death had brought 'endless pain'. 

“He was a caring and loving son, brother and uncle. He loved to play guitar and learnt to play the violin and piano. He loved music," the family said.

“After graduating from the University of St Petersburg he taught himself English and made plans for his life with enthusiasm.

“He was invited to go to work as an IT programmer at Oxford University where together with other specialists he worked in the scientific development field of medicine, in particular the timely detection of cancer and its further surgical treatment."

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