AN INQUEST has opened after a Basingstoke man was stabbed to death.

Justin Green, of Braddock Court, Chapel Gate, died on Monday, April 29.

An inquest was opened into the 48-year-old's death at Winchester Coroners' Court on Wednesday, May 8. 

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Police were called to Braddock Court after Mr Green had been stabbed in the leg. He died at the scene. 

Senior coroner Christopher Wilkinson said the cause of death was a stab wound to the left thigh. 

A full inquest will be held at Winchester Coroners' Court on May 21 next year.