AN inquest has been opened following the death of a man in Ely.

Simon Geoffrey Duffen, 46, died at his home on New Barns Avenue on October 30.

William Morris, Coroner for North and East Cambridgeshire, opened an inquest into the death on Thursday at York Row in Wisbech before adjourning the proceedings to a later date.

The coroner’s office said that Mr Duffen’s cause of death has yet to be ascertained.