A man who went missing over the weekend was found hanged in a field, an inquest has heard.

The inquest of Nicholas Griffiths, 50, opened at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court yesterday. He was last seen by his family at their home in Rising Hill, Upper Heyford at 10.30pm on Sunday. After a police search his body was found in a field near his home on Monday, October 13.

Assistant coroner Nicholas Graham opened and adjourned his inquest until the new year.

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