Devon outdoor instructor found dead with shotgun wound

A Devon outdoor instructor was tragically found dead at home with a shotgun wound. Andrew Miller, who was born in Stoke-on-Trent, lived in Liverton, Newton Abbot, where he passed away on June 8, at around 9.35pm.

An inquest recently opened into the 52-year-old's death at Exeter Coroner's Court. The short hearing heard he had a license for a shotgun and there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

Alison Longhorn, area coroner for Exeter and Greater Devon, said: "The circumstances are he was found at home by his wife with a gunshot wound to the head. He was a firearms certificate holder and the weapon he used was lawfully held.

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"There are no suspicious circumstances. Presently, the medical cause of death is a shotgun wound to the head."

The inquest was adjourned and will be listed at a later date for a full inquest to be heard.