Craig Keegan, whose body was discovered by staff at the Metro Inns motel near White Rose Way, is believed to have taken a drugs overdose.

His father, Michael, the younger brother of the Doncaster-born Newcastle United and former England manager, told an inquest the 27-year-old suffered from a fear of open spaces and did not leave his house in The Boulevard, Edenthorpe, for five months.

No comment was available from Keving Keegan today.

The bachelor, an office clerk at Neat Ideas in Kirk Sandall, used the internet to book a room with lastminute.com for three nights at the hotel on Ten Pound Walk, the Doncaster inquest was told.

Manager Melanie Butcher said he checked into Room 220 on Monday June 30 but she did not see him during his stay.

Last Wednesday morning a cleaner could not gain access to the room so Ms Butcher used a keycode to open the door with the intention of waking Mr Keegan.

She told the inquest she saw him lying on the bed and "immediately thought that he looked dead".

Paramedics were called and confirmed Mr Keegan had died and the body was taken to Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a post mortem examination.

The Deputy Coroner for Doncaster, Fred Curtis, said he was still awaiting a report giving the cause of death and the results of toxicology tests to establish if he had taken an overdose.

Giving evidence of identification, Michael Keegan, of St Luke's Close, Dunsville, said he last saw his son about three weeks ago.

He spent most of his time at his home in The Boulevard and had not been out for five months because of his agoraphobia.

The inquest was adjourned to a later date and Mr Curtis granted the family a cremation order.

It is not known if his uncle will attend the funeral, which has not yet been fixed.

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