Man's body found in field after jail release

23-YEAR-OLD DIED FROM DRUG TOXICITY

- By POPPY KENNEDY

A REDCAR man found in field after his release from prison died from drug toxicity, an inquest has heard.

Jordan Everington was found behind Staintondale Avenue, in Redcar, in the early hours of Saturday, November 8, last year.

An inquest, held at Middlesbrough Town Hall on Tuesday, heard how the 23-year-old died as a result of cocaine toxicity.

The Gazette previously reported how Cleveland Police issued an appeal for help in finding Jordan five days prior to his death.

A report, published by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman this week, confirms Mr Everington had been released from Holme House Prison on October 30, days before his death.

Officers who had been responding to reports of an attempted break-in in Dormanstown around 1.45am, and were shown CCTV.

The officers began to conduct an area search for a suspect before they were requested to attend Staintondale Avenue, following a call from a resident who reported hearing “moaning coming from the field,” Paul Appleton, area coroner for Hartlepool and Teesside, said.

“(The caller] had gone out to the field,” he read from an officer’s statement. “A male was laid in overgrown grass.”

When officers arrived, a search was carried out but they did not initially locate the man, later confirmed to be Jordan.

“A drone was requested and a heat source was identified in the grass, 10 to 15m into the field.

“She could see a male laid on the floor, face down,” the coroner said.

The inquest heard one handcuff was placed on his wrist and he was rolled onto his back.

“Mr Everington was not breathing,” said Mr Appleton.