A coroner has said it “is very sad someone can die this way” after there were “several missed opportunities” before the death of an Andover man. Coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp made the comments during an inquest into the death of Leigh Anthony Gidel, who was found dead in an Andover flat no answer on the door for “several days”. An open verdict was given for Leigh’s death, with a post-mortem being inconclusive as the body had decomposed ‘markedly’ before it was found. Winchester Coroner’s Court heard how the 33-year-old had “become a bit of a recluse” after becoming estranged from his family, and being evicted by his parents in 2014.