Leon Adams: Cardiff 2002 attack injuries may have caused death

The injuries a man sustained after a brutal attack 23 years ago may have led to his death, an inquest has heard.

Leon Adams, who was 24 at the time, was found unconscious near Grangetown railway station, Cardiff, in the early hours of 14 February 2002.

He spent two years in a coma and when he woke he was quadriplegic, struggled to communicate and needed constant care before dying on 26 December 2024.

A post-mortem investigation found his cause of death to be septicaemia with a contributory factor of acute kidney injuries and spastic tetraplegia due to traumatic brain injury, South Wales Coroner’s Court in Pontypridd was told.