Berezovsky's autopsy

The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky found dead in the bathroom of his Ascot home died from hanging, a postmortem examination released on Monday night concluded.

After two days of speculation about whether the businessman turned Kremlin critic had become a victim of an assassination plot, a statement released by Thames Valley Police said: "The results of the postmortem examination, carried out by a Home Office pathologist, have found the cause of death is consistent with hanging."