The inquest, which was opened and then adjourned ahead of a full hearing at a date to be set, heard Courtney shot himself months after recording a video detailing his plan to kill himself.
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Courtney, 64, had been up until 4am following a night of drinking only to be found seven hours later by his friend and lodger, Brendan, shot dead in his south-east London home.