Gary Grant, 54, died in Lowestoft's Sparrow's Nest Garden last month. An inquest into his death opened at Suffolk Coroner's Court on Friday.

The hearing was told Mr Grant was found by emergency service responders with visible facial injuries and a glove in his mouth, when they were called to the park at around 10.15pm on Friday, March 20.

Every entrance to Sparrow Nest Gardens was cordoned off by police (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)

He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

The inquest was told that the........

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