A forensic reconstruction of his face was circulated but nobody identified the man, who was of skinny build and was 5ft 5in to 5ft 6ins tall

A mystery man, who was found dead in a field, 'never wanted to be found', a coroner has ruled.

The unnamed man was discovered half naked in the middle of a field near Canterbury, Kent, lying on his back next to a decanter, Oyster card and a black suitcase.

Police also found a book on clinical theology and a wedding catalogue addressed to a woman called Mandy Martin - but nothing led them to identify the man.

It is unlikely he will ever be identified, despite a Europe-wide police search of DNA databases.

They were unable to do dental checks as the man had no teeth.

A forensic reconstruction of his face was circulated but nobody could identify the man, who was of skinny build and was 5ft 5in to 5ft 6ins tall.

Police believed he was in his 50s or 60s and may have been of Eastern European origin.

But detectives were unable to explain why items relating to east London were found next to him, according to the Daily Mirror.

An inquest in Margate was told that the man died from from heart disease, brought on by cirrhosis of the liver, which in turn could have been as a result of starvation.

Detective Sergeant Gary Stamp said: 'There were no signs of injury, no clues in his clothing.

The unnamed man was discovered half naked in the middle of a field near Canterbury, Kent, lying on his back next to a decanter, Oyster card and a black suitcase

It is unlikely he will ever be identified, despite a Europe-wide police search of DNA databases

'His fingerprints had no match and we couldn't match any DNA samples. We went right across Europe to try to find the identity of this man.'

The mystery man was found by local Gareth Morgan in February.

Ruling that the man died from natural causes, assistant north east Kent coroner Ian Gollop told DS Stamp: ''This is clearly a man who didn't want to be found and was living at the edge of existence.

You couldn't have done any more but sadly we have to close the case.'