GAZETTE & HERALD: TRIBUTES have been paid to Devizes man Luke Wright whose body was found in the Pines Hotel at Chippenham, where he had been living.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death but said samples had been sent off for toxicological analysis.

An inquest was opened and adjourned yesterday.

Mr Wright, who was 32, was brought up in Devizes and went to Southbroom Junior School and Devizes School.

He was close to his father, Anthony, who lives in New Park Street.

The police were called in when his father became worried that he had not been able to contact his son.

Mr Wright's body was discovered in the hotel on Friday.

Mr Wright had returned to work as a production operator at Hygrade in Chippenham after losing his job at Dyson in Malmesbury.

His production manager Laurence Johnstone said: "Luke was well liked by staff and the management alike. He was the life and soul of the place. He was hardworking and will be sorely missed," he said.

Shortly before this a fire in Mr Wright's flat at Southbridge House in Potterne Road, Devizes, in September 1996 led to the death of 39-year-old Adrian Neate, who lived in a flat on the top floor. An inquest heard that the fire started after friends of Mr Wright lit candles in his flat while he had gone out drinking with a friend.