By Frazer Maude, Sky News Reporter
A post-mortem on the body of a young film-maker who died while sleeping rough for a documentary has proved inconclusive.
Lee Halpin, 26, had planned to spend a week living rough in his home city of Newcastle but his body was found in a derelict building three days into the project .
Newcastle coroner David Mitford said the post-mortem was not able to establish the cause of his death and that further tests were being carried out.
Mr Mitford said: "There are tests being taken and will need to be analysed. That might take some time and it depends on the nature of the tests.
"We don't know the reason why he died and we do not have full information about the background circumstances."
Speaking in a YouTube video he made the day before he started his week on the streets, Mr Halpin, whose body was found on Wednesday, said the documentary was part of an application for a Channel 4 investigative journalism scheme.
He said he hoped it would be an example of fearless reporting.
On the video, he said he had spoken to a homeless charity about the rise in the number of people on the streets and the effect of changes to Britain's welfare system this month.
"I'm about to go and spend a week being homeless in the West End of Newcastle. I will sleep rough for a week, scrounge for my food, access the services that other homeless individuals use," he said.
"I will interact with as many homeless people as possible and immerse myself in that lifestyle as deeply as I can."
Channel 4 has defended its decision to ask aspiring journalists to demonstrate their "fearlessness" following Mr Halpin's death.
In an online application form for the broadcaster's Investigative Journalism Programme 2013, applicants were asked to post a YouTube video describing a time in which they were "fearless in a pursuit for a story".
No date has been fixed for the inquest to resume because the tests could take some weeks.
Meanwhile, the police investigation continues.
Two men, aged 26 and 30, were arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs in connection with Mr Halpin's death and have both been released on bail.
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