POLICE said this afternoon that they had traced the next of kin of a man who died in Bournemouth.

Richard McCronin, 51, who was born on January 5, 1956, was confirmed dead at his address, Flat B, 73 Southcote Road, Bournemouth, on Tuesday morning.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

Coroner's officer Bryan Tucker said Mr McCronin lived alone and he had good reason to believe that he had two brothers, Gary and Robert, who were last known to be living in the Oxford area.