An inquest into the death of a 54-year-old man found stabbed to death in a Chelmsford flat at the weekend was opened and adjourned at Chelmsford Coroner's Court this afternoon.
Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray was told that police were informed that someone had been stabbed at a property in Moulsham Street at about 12.30am on Saturday.
They found Paul Simons of Bushey, Hertfordshire, with stab wounds. Paramedics attended and confirmed that he had died at 1.00 am.
A provisional post-mortem examination has revealed he died from a stab wound to the heart, said coroner's officer Lynsey King.
The coroner adjourned the inquest to a later date and said the body could not yet be released.
Michael Brennan, a 22-year-old cleaner from The Green, Melbourne, Chelmsford, has been charged with murder. He appeared before city magistrates yesterday and is due at Chelmsford Crown Court tomorrow for a preliminary hearing.
