Cwmbran man Darren Silcox died after Lanzarote ‘bannister collapse’

A man died after falling from a height when a bannister collapsed at an apartment block in Lanzarote, a coroner’s court has heard.

Darren Silcox, from Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, was on holiday with family at Galeon Playa Apartments in the resort of Costa Teguise last month.

The opening of an inquest into his death was told Mr Silcox fell into an atrium stairwell “following the collapse of a wooden bannister” in the early hours of 25 October.

Spanish civil guard and paramedics attended the scene but he was pronounced dead at 03:30 BST, it heard.