Forensic pathologist called in to help with bank worker's death

A post mortem was held last Tuesday afternoon but further tests are being carried out by the forensic pathologist, said a spokesman for Wiltshire coroner's office.

Mr Lennon, who was 50 and single, lived in Nelson Road, Salisbury, with his father, Patrick Joseph Lennon.

He was found lying unconscious in a pool of blood in the Castle Road roundabout underpass by a passer-by, just before 6am on the Monday morning.

It is believed Mr Lennon had probably been in the subway all night.

He had left the Old Castle Inn at Old Sarum about 10.15pm on the Sunday evening to walk to his home.

Police said there were several theories as to his death and have not ruled out the possibility that he was struck by a vehicle as he made his way along Castle Road or that he fell, possibly down the steep embankment that leads from the roundabout to the underpass.

Another possibility is that Mr Lennon was the victim of assault.

Witnesses have told police of hearing the tyres of a vehicle or vehicles screeching outside their homes in Castle Road near the roundabout.

Police have also been told that a man was seen "staggering" along the pavement near Victoria Park at about the time Mr Lennon would have been walking home.

Mr Lennon was a regular Sunday evening visitor to the Old Castle Inn but he was not known as a heavy drinker.

Mr Lennon worked as a cashier at Lloyds TSB in Blue Boar Row, Salisbury, where he had been a popular and respected member of staff.

Wiltshire deputy coroner Nigel Brookes opened an inquest on Mr Lennon last week and adjourned it after evidence of identification from Mr Lennon senior.

Mr Brookes was told that Mr Lennon had been found with serious head injuries and that he had died in Southampton General Hospital's intensive care unit just after midnight last Tuesday morning.

Mr Brookes was told a post mortem had taken place but that a forensic pathologist had been called for further tests.