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Mar 2021
Harrogate man died from drugs, not head injury, inquest told
A coroner has ruled that a Harrogate man died as a result of drugs rather than a head injury, as police first believed.
Aaron Atkinson, 38, who was homeless at the time of his death, was found at a flat at Park House Green on May 7 last year.
North Yorkshire Police arrested two men, aged 46 and 40 at the time, on suspicion of murder and robbery shortly after the incident.
However, the force has now dropped its suspicions of murder.
It told the Stray Ferret today that one of the two suspects remains under investigation for assault and robbery. The other is still under investigation for robbery and theft.
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Jonathan Leach, assistant coroner for North Yorkshire and York, said at an inquest in Northallerton today:
A mother's tribute
Christine Bloomfield, Mr Atkinson's mother, was at the inquest and told the Stray Ferret about her son's life:
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