AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a Burnham man.

Anatoli Nowak, 65, went missing from his home in West Ley, Burnham on February 21, and was sadly found dead in a car on Burnham Road near South Woodham Ferrers on March 1.

At Essex Coroner's Court in Chelmsford on Tuesday, an inquest into Mr Nowak's death was opened, with the provisional cause of death being ruled as blunt force injuries.

The inquest was adjourned with a full hearing due to take place at a later date.