A SIDEMOOR factory worker apparently stabbed himself in the heart and later died, an inquest heard.

Leslie Binner, 64, of Melbourne Road, died at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, on Saturday, March 3 after paramedics were called to his house to treat him.

A post mortem revealed he had died from the stab wound.

Mr Binner's son, Paul, identified the body. The dead man also leaves a wife, Gillian, aged 60.

Worcestershire coroner Victor Round adjourned the inquest for further samples to be submitted.