THE death of a man in a flat is no longer being treated as suspicious by police.

Detectives were investigating the circumstances of the death of Darren Rolfe, who died on November 1 last year, in his first-floor flat in Newby Road, Breightmet.

On November 13, a 41-year-old man was arrested and bailed on suspicion of manslaughter.

Mr Rolfe appeared to have suffered facial injuries so police were investigating the possibility that he may have been involved in a fight before he died.

Yesterday, an inquest was opened and adjourned in to Mr Rolfe’s death and heard that there no longer appeared to be any suspicious circumstances.

When asked about any police investigation by senior coroner for Manchester West, Professor Jennifer Leeming, police coroner’s officer Marcheta Hogan, said: “It does not appear that there are any suspicious circumstances in this respect.”

The inquest opening also heard that following a post-mortem examination, the provisional cause of death was recorded as heroin and alcohol toxicity, or poisoning.

Mr Rolfe, aged 36, was born in Bolton before his family moved to Australia in the 1980s, where his mother, brothers, and sister all still live.

He was deported back to the UK after serving time in an Australian prison.

He had moved to live in Breightmet after initially settling in Farnworth in the summer of 2015 and had only been back in the UK for about 12 months before he died.

Mr Rolfe did not have a job at the time of his death.

Last year, following his death, Mr Rolfe’s ex-partner, Jasmin Harley, paid tribute to him, saying that he was a “caring, great guy” with a “kind heart” but that he also had issues in his life.

The pair had been together between 2005 and 2007 in Bunbury in Western Australia.

The 36-year-old had the nickname Daz or Dazza in Australia, but was known here as Ozzy because of his time on the other side of the world.

It is understood Mr Rolfe battled a drink and drug problem but had told Ms Harley that he had cleaned his life up in recent years.

The pair had lost contact but got back in touch through Facebook.

It is believed that Mr Rolfe’s body was discovered by another Newby Road resident and tributes flooded on to Facebook following his death.

A cordon was set up around the property while police investigated.

The inquest was adjourned until September 27, 2017.