AN asylum-seeker who was found dead at his Weymouth home had lied on his application for asylum, an inquest heard.

Viktor Rudman, 24, had allegedly injected heroin and then cut his wrists in the bathroom of his shared house in Sandpiper Way after telling pals in Weymouth he was depressed and missing his wife and child.

He also told them that the reason he was claiming asylum was that the Russian authorities would not allow him to live with his wife and child in Russia.

But police enquiries after his death revealed that Mr Rudman was divorced and that he had given friends in England a false name. Detective Sergeant Ross Brown told the inquest he believed Mr Rudman was really Viktor Dekusar, and that he had told immigration officials that he was single.

Mr Rudman also said that his mother had died when he was four and that his father was a guerrilla fighter in Chechnya.

But police say that his mother is alive and living near Grozny.

West Dorset Coroner Michael Johnston said that Mr Rudman arrived in London with no passport or documents to identify him and was sent to Weymouth during the immigration process. He was given vouchers and cash each week until he was allowed a work permit and he got a job with New Look as a warehouseman. He told friends and workmates that he sent most of his money home to his wife and child.

On July 28 this year, his Russian housemate Felix Braiman found Mr Rudman's naked body on the floor of the bathroom. The bath was three-quarters full and coloured red with blood and music was blaring from a high-powered stereo.

There were three deep cuts to his arms and a razor blade was lying on the floor.

Mr Johnston said: "Everything indicates that the death of Viktor Rudman, also known as Dekusar, was self-inflicted.

"But he did not leave a note and because the law requires me to be certain beyond any doubt that he took his own life I have to record an open verdict."