Speed's wife found his body, inquest told

LONDON - The wife of Wales' soccer manager Gary Speed found him hanged at their home early on Sunday morning, the inquest into his death heard on Tuesday.

Detective Inspector Peter Lawless, of Cheshire Police, told Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg that the 42-year-old's body was found by his wife Louise just before 7 am.

He said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances and a postmortem examination found Speed's death had been caused by hanging.