A REDDITCH man who found dead in his home died from industrial diseases, an inquest has heard.

Kenneth Davies, 78, fromMalvern Road in Headless Cross, was found dead at his home following a terminal illness on September 27.

Medical cause of death was given as epithelioid mesothelioma, the most common histological type of this rare form of asbestos cancer.

The coroner recorded a verdict of death from industrial diseases.