AN epileptic found dead with blood on his face after a night out died as a result of his medical condition.

An inquest heard that rumours had circulated among friends and family that Gordon Glover had got into a fight on the night of his death in June this year.

But Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley deputy coroner Carolyn Singleton said police investigations had found no evidence that the 37-year-old had been involved in any sort of bust up.

Although he had cuts inside his mouth, the inquest heard that was due to a fall two weeks before.

Pathologist Dr Richard Prescott said the blood round his mouth and nose at the time of his death could have been a result of his condition.

Mr Glover, a scaffolder, died at the home in Whitendale Crescent, Blackburn, he shared with his mother Maureen Glover.

Mrs Glover told the inquest her son had suffered from epileptic attacks since he was a child and was on medication.

On the day of his death, Mrs Glover thought his son was still in bed, although grew concerned when she could hear his mobile phone ringing.

She went into his bedroom and discovered her son lying on the floor with his duvet pulled around him.

When she turned him over she noticed the blood on his face and screamed for her partner to call an ambulance.

Despite Mrs Glover's insistence at the hearing that her son always took his medication, Dr Prescott found no traces of the drugs in his bloodstream.

Deputy coroner Mrs Singleton said he died of natural causes due to his epilepsy.