An investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in a country park.

Mykola Moishevych, 62, of Hillside Road, Stamford Hill, was discovered in an area of woodland in Lea Valley Park in Waltham Forest.

A coroner has asked his staff to find out whether Mr Moishevych was under the care of any mental health service and if so, whether his death had triggered any internal investigations.

Emergency services were called to the country park on November 2, East London Coroner’s Court has heard.

Mr Moishevych was identified at the scene by police, which was later verified by his next of kin.

But while it was clear to emergency services that he was dead, they “could not be certain of the cause of death”.

The case was therefore referred to the coroner’s court for investigation.

Senior coroner Graeme Irvine opened an inquest into the death at the Walthamstow courthouse during a brief hearing on Tuesday morning (November 19).

He said a post-mortem examination he had ordered, which was carried out on November 11, had given Mr Moishevych’s cause of death as “suspension”.

As it was “not a natural death”, said Mr Irvine, “the statutory trigger to open an inquest has been reached. I will therefore consider the opening of an inquest today.”

The coroner declared Mr Moishevych’s family “interested persons”, meaning they will have the right to view evidence before the inquest and question any witnesses who are called to give evidence.

He told his coroner’s officer to obtain a statement from the family setting out Mr Moishevych’s “general background”, including his “history of mental health and physical health” and any “significant events in his life that may have contributed to his death”.

He also ordered disclosure of an electronic summary of Mr Moishevych’s GP records and, if the deceased was under the care of any mental health service, separate records from that service.

If Mr Moishevych’s death had triggered a “governance investigation” at any mental health service, Mr Irvine added, he would also require a copy of the resulting report.

The full inquest was listed for April 9.