AN INQUEST opened this week into the death of a Cradley Heath teenager.

Jaedan Kirby, aged 16, of Unitt Drive, died in the QE Hospital in Birmingham on February 2.

An inquest into the teenager's death, from asphyxia and hanging, was opened and adjourned yesterday (Tuesday February 23) at the Black Country Coroner's Court in Oldbury.

It was adjourned to a date to be fixed.

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