A Dublin takeaway worker, who was found washed up on a beach in Wales, was told he would need facial surgery by hospital staff for a wound he suffered in an assault prior to his death.
Evgheni Guzun, 30, discharged himself from hospital against medical advice and was last seen alive near the River Liffey in Dublin on November 30, 2021. Three weeks later he was found dead on the beach at Rhosneigr in Anglesey on the morning of December 12, 2021 by a dog walker, an inquest in Caernarfon was told on Wednesday.
Mr Guzun had moved to Dublin from Moldova in early November 2021 for work, North Wales Live reports. Later that month he was admitted to hospital in Dublin. Staff there told him that he would require facial surgery due to the injury he had sustained in an assault.
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Before he discharged himself from hospital he was assessed by the psychology team and a social worker who found no cause for concern, the hearing was told. He was seen getting in a taxi from the hospital at around 6pm before being dropped off shortly afterwards at a drop in centre for homeless people in Dublin.
The last reported sighting of Mr Guzun was near the River Liffey in Dublin on November 30. The hearing was told he had not accessed any of his finances and had not been active on his social media after this date.
He was reported missing by a friend on December 8. A missing persons investigation was launched by gardai but Mr Guzun's body was discovered four days later in Wales.
Mr Guzun was identified using DNA , after Garda Timothy O'Sullivan, travelled to Moldova to collect a sample from Mr Guzun's mother and sister, along with tattoo comparison and medical notes. A post mortem carried out by Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rogers at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in 2021 found Mr Guzun had "no pre mortem injuries" and "no obvious head or neck injuries".
Dr Rogers said: "While stages of decomposition have to be taken into account, the appearance of the lungs, the presence of middle ear haemorrhage, water in the airways and water in the stomach, would all be consistent with death as a result of drowning.
Assistant coroner for North West Wales, Sarah Riley, concurred that Mr Guzun likely drowned. She said: "Mr Guzun died having entered the water in Dublin, Ireland.
"Whilst he was seen near the River Liffey in Dublin and was wearing a wetsuit amongst other clothing, there is no evidence how he came to be in the water, nor his intention. He was reported missing around a week after hospital discharge but there was no bank or social media activity since November 30, therefore I am unlikely to be assisted with any further evidence.
"In the circumstances, it is not safe to reach any conclusion other than an open conclusion. My conclusion is therefore open."
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