An inquest has been opened into the death of a 43-year-old man from Oxford who died in Thailand.

Gregory Roberts of Church Cowley Road was admitted to Bangkok Hospital Rayong with shortness of breath.

His condition is then said to have deteriorated, and he died on December 30 last year.

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Bloods taken at the hospital showed that he was positive for the Strep A virus.

The cause of death was given in Thailand as sepsis and acute renal failure.

But a further post-mortem was carried out in the UK and a cause of death could not be established.

It was therefore listed as unascertained.

The date for the conclusion of the inquest has been set for 10am on October 5 at Oxford Coroner’s Court.