Gwyneed man in Malta fall died from multiple blunt force injuries
Opening the inquest, assistant coroner for North West Wales Sarah Riley said the case was likely "to be an unnatural death".She said the circumstances surrounding the death had yet to be established in Malta, adjourning the inquest pending further inquiries.Mr Hughes worked as a software engineer at the M-Sparc Science Park in Gaerwen, Anglesey. He was a former pupil at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon, and studied engineering at Bangor University.His family said they wanted him to be remembered as "happy, loving and full of life".
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