Mix-up could have led to death

A SWANSEA man may have become "confused" about his medication and unintentionally taken a fatal overdose, an inquest has heard.

Ross Jones, 29, was found dead in the house he shared with his mother in Vernon Street, Hafod, in the run-up to Christmas last year.

An inquest heard the former Pentrehafod School pupil was on a "cocktail" of drugs for depression and anxiety, as well as digestion problems — he weighed 28 stone.

On December 21 he told his mother he had flu-like symptoms, but the following day she found him dead on the floor in his bedroom.

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A post-mortem found "therapeutic" levels of medication in his system along with two-thirds of the fatal level of codeine, and twice the fatal level of the anti-psychotic medication olanzapine.

Returning a finding of accidental death, coroner Philip Rogers said: "There is no evidence that Ross intended to harm himself.

"Ross was not feeling very well in the days before he died and was taking over the counter medication — I think it likely he became confused about what he was taking."