An inquest has opened into the death of a man whose body was found in the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas.

Sandor Lajos Szabo, aged 30, a Romanian cleaner who lived on Central Promenade, Douglas, died on February 4.

The inquest was opened on Thursday by coroner of inquests, John Needham, who determined the cause of death as ’asphyxia’.

Mr Needham sent his ’sincere condolences’ to Mr Szabo’s family for their loss gave an order for his body to be released for funeral arrangements.