Inquest opens into death of man at centre of murder inquiry
An inquest has been opened into the death of a Wrexham man at the centre of a murder inquiry.
John Ithell, 59, who lived in the Pentre Gwyn area, died in the Wrexham Maelor Hospital on June 12 after being found lying in bushes alongside a lane off Cefn Road, Wrexham.
At a hearing in Ruthin John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, said that Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers had found that Mr Ithell had suffered a fractured skull.
He gave a provisional cause of death as a severe blunt force head injury.
Five men have been arrested in connection with the possible murder and all have been released pending further enquiries.
Adjourning the inquest to a date to be fixed, the coroner said that as a criminal investigation was taking place he had received only limited information about the incident.
