AN investigation is continuing today into where a 22-year-old man bought a £10 wrap of heroin which he took shortly before he died.

Police are still making inquiries about where exactly Paul Douglas got the substance which he acquired during a visit to Accrington town centre.

Mr Douglas was found dead the next morning in the bathroom of the home of his parents-in-law, in Langfield, Worsthorne.

An inquest in Burnley heard how he choked on his own vomit after injecting heroin and drinking a small amount of alcohol.

Mr Douglas, who lived in Chester with his wife and baby son, died in the early hours of Sunday, June 5. He was found by his wife and her father, Allan Clarke.

Mrs Douglas told East Lancashire Coroner David Smith she had not known her husband was involved with drugs during the time they were together, though she was aware he had problems with drugs before they met.

She and her husband, who was a student, went out in Accrington on Saturday, June 4.

He had arranged to meet a friend, Gareth Archibald, who had arranged interviews for him in Ireland, where Mr Douglas was born. While in a pub, Mr Archibald disappeared for half an hour and when he returned, he and Mr Douglas went outside.

Mrs Douglas said she saw something was wrong with her husband's eyes and that he was rubbing his nose. He also began to sweat. She said they got home to Burnley at 12.20am.

The next morning her father broke into the toilet and found Paul on his knees. They rang the emergency services and both tried to resuscitate him.

Pathologist Dr Zuhair Twaij said he found a needle puncture mark in Mr Douglas's arm. Analysis showed he had drunk a small amount of alcohol. Morphine was also found but not at a level high enough to kill. The cause of death was inhalation of gastric contents. He choked on his own vomit.

Mr Clarke said he found a syringe and a sterile swab on the toilet floor.

Det Sgt Steve Mounsey said his inquiries indicated that while in Accrington and unknown to his wife Mr Douglas had obtained a £10 wrap of heroin from an unknown source.

Inquiries were continuing to find the supplier.

Recording a verdict of accidental death, Mr Smith said it was clear that he had injected himself with morphine but that was not the cause of death. It was not possible to say why he had been sick.