A MAN who was found dead on a beach in Rhos-on-Sea earlier this month has been identified.

Calem Humphreys, born in St Asaph and living on Conway Road, Llandudno Junction, died aged 34 on Saturday, July 8.

At the opening of the inquest into his death, held in Ruthin today (July 17), it was heard that an emergency call was made on July 8 by an off-duty police officer, who was walking his dog on West Promenade when he noticed a body on the beach.

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The officer approached the body, which was on its back and described as looking as if it had collapsed.

Officers attended the scene, but there were no signs of life or response to cardiopulmonary resuscitation from Mr Humphreys.

A post-mortem examination, carried out by Dr Mark Atkinson, provided a provisional cause of death of presumed drowning.

John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.