Overview

• A brief hearing in North Wales heard he sustained a devastating brain injury caused by hanging and suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
• Paramedics were called to his home in Deeside, Flintshire, and he died at the Countess of Chester Hospital at 9:15pm on September 20.
• The session was adjourned in Ruthin with no family present, with the case to return at a later date.
• Beard, 47, managed Millwall, Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham, Bristol City and Boston Breakers, winning back-to-back WSL titles with Liverpool in 2013 and 2014.
• Tributes and fundraising continue, with a memorial service set for October 17 in Liverpool and the family requesting donations to mental-health charities.