File photo Beaconsfield Coroner s Court Mystery surrounds the death of a High Wycombe man who was found deceased on his sofa after no-one had heard from him for weeks. David Collard, 73, was found at his home in Archdale on June 11 after neighbours reported a “strange smell” coming from his Red Kite flat and said he had not been seen for around two to three weeks. Beaconsfield Coroner’s Court heard Mr Collard, believed to be a former engineer, had been an alcoholic “for a number of years” and called his loved ones “weekly but not when he was drunk”, which is why it did not come as a surprise to his family when they had not heard from him.