A DAD has said questions still need answering after an inquest into his son's death.

Paul Dinsdale died in his flat in All Saints Road, Worcester - with heroin and alcohol later found in his bloodstream .

Worcestershire coroner Geraint Williams recorded yesterday (November 5) that Mr Dinsdale "died as the result of non-dependent abuse of drugs" after injecting heroin.

However, no drugs, needles or other paraphernalia were found in the flat, despite a single needle mark on 25-year-old Mr Dinsdale.

The evidence of Tristan Robinson, who found Mr Dinsdale alone on his bed in the early hours of July 19, was described by the coroner as "in many ways deficient and contradictory".

Mr Dinsdale's father, Paul senior, said after the verdict that "there are still questions to be answered".

He said his son "would do anything for us" while his sister Stacie said her brother had "a heart of gold" and was "loyal to his family".

Recovering heroin addict Mr Robinson, who had been off the drug "for a couple of years", left Mr Dinsdale listening to music and watching a video on Friday, July 18 to get cash and buy alcohol from a 24-hour garage.

Mr Robinson returned to the flat at about 4.45am the next morning.

He said: "I walked in the front door and saw Paul on the bed.

"As soon as I saw Paul I knew something was wrong.

"I checked his pulse and rang [Mr Dinsdale's brother] Jake and the ambulance.

"They stayed on the phone and I was running around trying to get the postcode [for the address]."

He came across a neighbour downstairs who gave mouth to mouth to Mr Dinsdale.

Mr Robinson described the situation as "manic" and told the inquest at Worcestershire Coroner's Court "all I thought about was Paul and trying to save him".

He claimed had had tried to perform CPR on Mr Dinsdale.

According to the logs, the ambulance was called at 5.05am and on route a minute later.

It arrived at the flat at 5.11 and it then took two minutes to reach Mr Dinsdale's bedroom.

He was dead when paramedics arrived.

According to the coroner, the neighbour who gave mouth to mouth to Mr Dinsdale alleged that Mr Robinson "was trying to get rid of the drugs by flushing them down the sink" while waiting for the ambulance crew.

In response, Mr Robinson said "that's a lie".

He explicitly denied buying drugs for Mr Dinsdale, taking them with him and trying to clear them up afterwards.

Mr Dinsdale's mother Julie claimed Mr Robinson had travelled to Birmingham on July 17 to buy drugs with Mr Dinsdale's money.

Mr Robinson said: "I was going to but didn't."

However, Mrs Dinsdale recounted overhearing a phone conversation between Mr Robinson and her son on the day, in which Mr Dinsdale asked "Have you got the stuff?"

She did not hear Mr Robinson's reply to this, but her son responded "Great, ring me when you get to Droitwich".

Mrs Dinsdale took this to mean Mr Robinson had collected the drugs.

Initially, he said he had not travelled to Birmingham at all, but later backtracked by saying he had, but was unable to pick up the drugs as the dealer's phone was off.

Mr Williams said: "Evidence given by Mr Robinson was in many ways deficient and contradictory."

He pointed out "something the family picked up on" in court - "that there was no needle or drug paraphernalia with Mr Dinsdale when he died", before recording the verdict that he "died as the result of non-dependent abuse of drugs".