Radio 1 DJ Kevin Greening 'died from drug overdose after gay bondage session', inquest hears

Former BBC Radio 1 breakfast DJ Kevin Greening died from a drug overdose after taking part in a gay bondage session, an inquest heard today.

Coroner Paul Knapman recorded a verdict of misadventure after the DJ was found dead by police at a flat in south London, the night before his 45th birthday in December last year.

He said: 'He was found dead having indulged in unorthodox sexual behaviour involving restraint equipment and illegal drugs. I will say this is a case of misadventure.'

Mr Greening had been in a black leather sling attached to scaffolding in the bedroom of the Wandsworth flat occupied by his boyfriend Sean Griffin on the day he died, Westminster Coroner's Court heard.

Mr Griffin told the inquest he had become concerned about Mr Greening when he noticed that his face was pale and the area around his mouth was grey.

At the time, the inquest heard, Mr Greening was still wearing a rubber suit and still had cling film and 'gaffer tape' around his trunk.

Mr Griffin said: 'I brought him into the living room which had proper overhead lights because I wanted to check to see whether I could see his pupils dilate.'

Breaking down at one point, Mr Griffin said: 'Kevin and I had a very happy and very vigorous sex life. It was not conventional by heterosexual norms perhaps but it was a sex life which was vigorous and imaginative and we enjoyed each other.'

The inquest heard that tests on Mr Greening's blood after his death found traces of cocaine, ecstasy and GHD.