A MAN died just days after he had been released from prison, an inquest heard.

Iain William Gibson, 37, had undergone a successful detox while in HMP Berwyn and told his parents he was looking forward to putting his old life behind him and making a fresh start.

But sadly his body was discovered on the couch in the living room of her home in Penmaenmawr Road, Llanfairfechan, on December 4 last year.

Gibson had been staying with his mother, Joyce Gibson , a nurse, after being released from the Wrexham prison on November 30.

She told the inquest that, with her experience as a nurse, she knew her son had passed away when she found him on returning home at about 8pm after an extended shift at work and a visit to her other son.

Mrs Gibson told the inquest that Iain had always been bright and intelligent and he had picked up the Welsh language in just three months as a child after the family moved from Stockport.

But she added he was diagnosed with severe dyslexia and she felt the lack of support he received as a child had a part to play in his problems later in life.

A factory worker by trade, the inquest at County Hall in Ruthin heard, Mr Gibson had a history of drug misuse and had been in and out of prison.

But on his release he had told his family that, now free of drugs, he wanted to put his past life behind him.

Mrs Gibson told the inquest: "He was looking forward to a fresh start and putting his past behind him."

She added: "He was a changed person, he was so determined to give up his past life and move on.

After Mr Gibson's body was found, police were called. They found evidence of heroin use and two mobile phones.

Mrs Gibson said: "I was devastated. It was a complete shock and there was no reason why it happened."

"We loved and adored him so much and he will be sadly missed."

In a statement read out by Coroner for North Wales (East and Central) John Gittins, Detective Sergeant Paul Terry said that there were no signs of forced entry at the property. He added that neither was there evidence of injury or trauma to Mr Gibson's body.

He said: "I concluded that the death would not be treated as suspicious."

The inquest also heard that Mr Gibson had been receiving treatment for drug use since 2015. Although he would often miss appointment and not engage, he was always polite and likeable.

A postmortem examination found heroin and cocaine in Mr Gibson's system at potentially toxic levels. It also found that his heart was slightly enlarged.

Mr Gittins said it was likely that Mr Gibson had taken drugs at a level that previously he had built up a tolerance to.

He said: "He came out of prison and took what he had before to get the same hit".

"These are fatal levels," he added.

The cause of death was multi-drug toxicity and Mr Gittins recorded a conclusion of a drug-related death.