A man died from multiple injuries after falling from a ninth floor window at a block of flats, an inquest heard.
Michael “Mick” Douglas Sykes was found outside Fleet House tower block on Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough, four days before Christmas.
An inquest into Mr Sykes’s death held at Teesside Coroner’s Court today heard that the 36-year-old had been drinking and taken prescription drugs before falling from the open window of his flat at 6.47pm on Sunday, December 21, last year.
The inquest heard that Mr Sykes’s body was found in the garden of Fleet House by another resident who was returning home from Middlesbrough town centre at about 9.30pm the same day.
An ambulance was called but a paramedic at the scene confirmed that Mr Sykes had died.
A police investigation found there were no suspicious circumstances.
A post-mortem examination concluded that Mr Sykes had died as a result of multiple injuries.
Acting Teesside coroner Clare Bailey said: “Mick suffered internal injuries that he wasn’t able to survive.”
Turning to members of Mr Sykes’s family who were present, Mrs Bailey confirmed that there had not been any indication that Mr Sykes was having suicidal thoughts around the time of his death.
A toxicology report revealed that Mr Sykes had alcohol levels in his blood equivalent to being three times the drink driving limit as well as “therapeutic levels” of prescription drugs in his system.
Mrs Bailey said: “This would have played a part in his behaviour.
“It’s all worked together and would have impacted on Mick and what he was doing.”
Because Mr Sykes was alone when he fell, Mrs Bailey explained that she couldn’t be sure that Mr Sykes had intended to take his own life.
Recording a narrative verdict, she concluded that Mr Sykes had died as a result of the fall.
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