MORE tests are being carried out following the death of Grimsby brickwork company owner Wayne Jennings, an inquest has heard.
The 43-year-old died following an alleged assault near the Axe & Cleaver pub in North Somercotes.
Mr Jennings, of Bank End, in the village, had left the pub at around 4am on June 1, Lincolnshire coroner Stuart Fisher was told.
Although the preliminary cause of death was given as a head injury, further tests are being carried out by a Home Office pathologist.
Mr Fisher formally opened the inquest at Spilsby yesterday and heard port mortem examination evidence and details of the process of identification.
Mr Fisher recorded the facts that Mr Jennings died at the Diana, Princess Of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, on June 4.
He was formally identified by his wife, Julie Jennings, a complaints manager for a local organisation.
The inquest heard in a statement from Mrs Jennings that the couple had been together 22 years and married for 11 years.
They had a 12-year-old child.
Mrs Jennings said they were due to mark their 12th anniversary next month.
She said her husband was a bricklayer by trade and ran his own business in Grimsby.
Coroner's officer Andy Wardell said the deceased was among a group of people at the Axe & Cleaver pub.
He said: "The drinking went on into the early hours of the morning. Mr Jennings left the pub at about 4am and was subjected to an alleged assault, which resulted in him receiving a severe head injury. He died subsequently on June 4."
A post mortem examination was carried out the following day by Home Office pathologist Professor Guy Rutty, of Leicester Royal Infirmary.
The coroner's officer said a preliminary cause of death was given as a head injury, but the outcome of further tests are awaited until a final cause of death will be concluded.
Mr Wardell said a second post mortem examination was carried out on June 25 at the request of the legal representatives of Jareth Wadner.
As reported, South Somercotes caravan salesman Mr Wadner, 25, has been charged with manslaughter. He appeared at Lincoln Crown Court before Judge Michael Heath.
He had previously been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm following an incident in Jubilee Road, North Somercotes, in the early hours of Sunday, June 1.
Wadner, of Louth Road, South Somercotes, was granted conditional bail and was ordered to appear back before the Crown Court on September 12.
A 50-year-old woman, who was arrested in connection with the incident, was earlier released on police bail.
Mr Wardell said an investigation by Lincolnshire Police is ongoing.
Mr Fisher said he would adjourn the inquest pending further investigations into the matter.
It will be resumed on a date to be fixed.
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