Couple arrive home from shopping to find builder dead in their driveway

A couple arrived home from a shopping trip to find a builder dead in their driveway.

Alper Guler, of Egerton Road, was working on the property in Corwall Avenue, Blackpool, on the morning of May 7 earlier this year. The 41-year-old, originally from Turkey, had recently visited his GP after complaining of chest pain and breathlessness.

Despite suffering from these symptoms for a couple of years, the doctor believed he was suffering from heartburn and prescribed indigestion medication - this is due to the fact Alper suggested he noticed the pain more after eating spring onions. However, only two days after visiting the GP, he suffered a severe heart attack and died, Lancs Live reports.

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An inquest into his death was held at Blackpool Town Hall this week with Dr Sameer Shaktawat conducting a post mortem after Alper's death. He noticed scarring on the walls of the left ventricle of Alper's heart, suggesting he had suffered at least three heart attacks previously.

"One of the arteries supplying blood to the heart showed extensive narrowing," the pathologist said. "It was very blocked and he had a massive heart attack.

"This isn't the heart you would expect to find in a 41-year-old man. There were a lot of blockages and evidence of previous cardiac events."

The inquest heard how Alper was a smoker and slightly overweight - although not obese. The pathologist advised that Alper's family, who had flown from Turkey for the inquest, should get themselves checked for any genetic heart conditions.

Dr Shajil, the GP who saw Alper two days prior to his death complaining of pain his left arm, said she 'interpreted these as two