A WYTHALL man died from industrial disease after decades of exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard.

Peter Norman Fisher, 67, of Station Road, died at his home on May 25.

He had worked for the Co-operative Wholesale Society from a young age, first as a trainee, then returning as a professional electrician.

Mr Fisher, who was married to Pamela, had been diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, a cancer that attacks the lining of the lung, prior to his death.

He had discussed his exposure to asbestos when diagnosed and Worcestershire Coroner's Court heard extracts from a statement he had written.

The electrician said during his many years in the profession he had worked a great deal with asbestos.

Mr Fisher remembered certain jobs where he would breathe in and blow out to try and disperse asbestos fibres.

Coroner Victor Round said: "Mr Fisher had previously been able to give a very detailed history of his exposure to asbestos and I agree with his belief that there was no other way he could have been exposed but through his work as an electrician."

Summing up, Mr Round said although Mr Fisher was not found to have massive amounts of asbestos poisoning, he had been exposed over a prolonged period, which was the cause of the pleural mesothelioma in his lungs.

He recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease.