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South Bucks Slough Express
Friday 02 August 2013
Written by Justin Burns
A former heroin addict died from a drug overdose after collapsing at a hostel in Slough where he lived, an inquest heard today.
Jason Williams was found by a staff member of the Look Ahead Hostel in Burlington Road suffering fits and multiple seizures in his room on December 7.
The 40-year-old was taken to Wexham Park Hospital by paramedics, where he then suffered a cardiac arrest and died the next day on December 8.
The Windsor Guildhall inquest heard how Mr Williams had previously been a regular heroin and methadone user and was also suffering from tuberculosis, and hepatitis C.
A toxicology report by Dr Susan Patterson said prescribed anti-depressant tablets and methadone were found inside his body.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be a cardio-respiratory arrest down to a drug overdose.
Berkshire coroner Peter Bedford recorded a verdict of a drug-related death, but said he could not be sure if the overdose was deliberate.