A CLUB doorman died after drinking two litres of whisky and several bottles of beer, an inquest was told.

Ian Fryer had more than five times the legal limit of alcohol permitted for driving in his bloodstream when he collapsed.

After an afternoon's drinking at the Fairfield Sports and Social Club, in Stockton, Teesside, where he worked, the 30-year-old went to the home of colleague Mark Edwards and continued drinking into the early hours of the following morning.

"He was falling all over the house and woke my parents up," Mr Edwards told an inquest held in Middlesbrough.

Mr Edwards helped Mr Fryer into a taxi and dropped him off in Yarm Road, Stockton -just three minutes walk from the home he shared with his mother, Vera Emers, in Richard Hind Walk.

"He could hardly walk. I sat him down on the kerb," said Mr Edwards.

Later that day, passer-by David Boyce found Mr Fryer lying unconscious behind nearby Oxbridge shops, following a night of rain.

Mr Fryer was taken to the University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton, and was later transferred to the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, where he died days later from damage to his heart, lungs and kidneys.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, Teesside Coroner Michael Sheffield said: "I am quite satisfied he did intend to drink the alcohol he did, but he did not intend the consequence."