A SELF-EMPLOYED builder died when he was electrocuted at a house where he was working, an inquest heard.

Paul Hamlyn, 44, was found dead on the kitchen floor of the property in Forge Street, Dedham, with a live cable beside him on December 6, 2007.

A jury sitting at Essex Coroner's Court today said that Mr Hamlyn, of Chase Road West, Great Bromley, died because of an accident.

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