Mr Critchley was found dead in a silver Ford Focus on Shrubbs Hill Road, Lyndhurst (Image: Google)
A BOURNEMOUTH man was found dead from a meth overdose in an idling car in a New Forest village, a court has heard.
Gary Critchley, 53, of Cavendish Road, was found unresponsive in a silver Ford Focus on Shrubbs Hill Road, Lymington, by police officers who were returning to the station from a patrol on February 23.
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After an examination by a pathologist, the preliminary cause of Mr Critchley's death was given as methamphetamine overdose.
At Winchester Coroner's Court on June 3, area coroner Jason Pegg adjourned the full inquest into Mr Critchley's death until November 3.
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