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A top City headhunter was found dead in the penthouse suite of an upmarket hotel hanging, an inquest has heard.

Daniel Barry Mortin, 27, was discovered by staff attached to a four-poster bed in the four-star £255-a-night riverside Varsity Hotel in Cambridge, after he failed to check out.

The Cambridge maths graduate, from Royston, Herts, who received a 2.1 degree in 2013, was pronounced dead shortly after 1pm on on January 20 by a paramedic.

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Cambridge Coroners' Court heard how the night before his death, Mr Mortin bought a large bottle of vodka from a nearby shop before calling room service to order a three-course meal.

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Dr Stewart Hamilton carried out a post mortem on the body on January 29 and gave a cause of death as hanging, the inquest heard.

The Varsity Hotel includes a spa, bar and roof top terrace which overlooks the university city and is a favourite haunt of celebrities including David and Victoria Beckham .

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Assistant coroner David Morris said he had only been identified by circumstantial evidence and had yet to be formally identified by the family but confirmed Mr Mortin's body has been released to be cremated.

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Speaking from outside his home in North Walsham, Norfolk, Mr Mortin's father Barry declined to comment on his son's death.

Mr Mortin employer, AJB Executives in London, paid tribute following the inquest .

A spokesman for the company said: "Daniel worked for us at AJB as an Executive Search Consultant for almost two years and helped AJB to develop as a company.

"He was fun to work with and he will be sadly missed. May his soul rest in perfect peace."

A full inquest into Mr Mortin's death will be held at Cambridge coroners' court later this year.