A RAPE suspect hanged himself in a hotel wardrobe, an inquest was told yesterday.

Ashington-born security officer Jason William Donnelly, 31, of Chiswick, moved to London from Northumberland last year.

He was found dead at the Alhambra Hotel, in King's Cross, in December.

Detective Sergeant Charlie Wilkins told St Pancras Coroner's Court that police were hunting Mr Donnelly in connection with a rape.

Assistant deputy coroner Dr Susan Hungerford recorded a verdict that Mr Donnelly took his own life