AN inquest has opened into the death of a former pipe fitter from Southampton.

David Harry Flegg, 77, of Alfred Street, died at his home on March 24, a court heard.

Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, area coroner for Hampshire, opened the inquest into Mr Flegg's death at Winchester Coroners' Court on Wednesday.

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Mrs Rhodes-Kemp said that Mr Flegg had worked as a pipe fitter for a number of years, and that it was likely he had come into contact with asbestos while working.

The preliminary cause of death has been given as bronchopneumonia and mesothelioma.

Mrs Rhodes-Kemp adjourned the inquest to take place in full on February 24, 2026. She has requested that Mr Flegg's work history and exposure history be produced by that time.