A GARDNER employed by a household in Upper Froyle is believed to have died after handling a poisonous flowering plant.

Nathan Richard Greenaway, 33, from Aldershot suffered multiple organ failure after allegedly brushing against an Aconitum while working in the grounds of Millcourt House.

Mill Court House is owned by retired venture capitalist Christopher William Ogilvie Thompson and his wife Katherine.

A pre-inquest hearing in Basingstoke last Wednesday heard that Mr Greenway had collapsed at work and died in hospital five days later on September 7.

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