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Jan 2022
Last Updated: 06/01/2022
Inquest opens into death of Harrogate suspected murder victim
The inquest into the death of Gracijus Balciauskas, 41, was formally opened today. A coroner adjourned it pending further investigation by the police.
The crime scene at the flat on Mayfield Grove in December 2021. Picture: the Stray Ferret.
A suspected Harrogate murder victim died from head and torso injuries, according to the coroner who opened an inquest into his death today.
Gracijus Balciauskas, 41, died just before Christmas on the night of Monday, December 20 at a flat on Mayfield Grove.
Jon Heath, senior coroner for York and North Yorkshire, said at the hearing in Northallerton today:
"Mr Balciauskas resided in Harrogate on Mayfield Grove. He was found deceased at the property the following morning.
"The provisional cause of death is by head and torso injuries. This inquest was formally opened on January 6 and adjourned pending further investigation by the police."
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Vitalijus Koreiva, 36, of Mayfield Grove, and Jaroslaw Rutowicz, 38, of no fixed abode, appeared at York Magistrates Court last month charged with murder.
They did not enter pleas and the case was adjourned until February 4.
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