AN inquest has opened into the death of a woman found lifeless in the water at a Southampton dock.

Denise Tarrant, 44, of Castleshaw Close, was discovered on March 20 at Harbour Master dock.

The causes of her death were given as a drug overdose and immersion in water.

At Winchester Coroner's Court on June 9, assistant coroner Simon Burge adjourned the full inquest into Ms Tarrant's death to January 5 next year.