At an inquest into the death of Patrick James Lee in Northallerton yesterday (October 25), assistant coroner, Alison Norton concluded his death was drugs related.
The court heard that Mr Lee was found dead at home in bed in Parliament Street in York early on the morning of Sunday, December 11 last year, just days after he turned 40.
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