A man died days after getting trapped in barbed wire while on a mountain walk, an inquest heard.

Malcolm Kitts, 92, had celebrated his birthday with a family party just days before setting off from his home in Cwmdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in September on one of his daily walks.

But Kitts, who was described as a "physically active" granddad who had been diagnosed with dementia, did not return.

He was found on Maerdy mountain the following day where he had likely fallen, with his leg tangled in a barbed wire fence.

Kitts was airlifted to hospital, but later died due to complications caused by his injuries, with his dementia described by the coroner as a likely "significant contributing factor".

Coroner Graeme Hughes said despite his "advancing years", Kitts was "physically active and mobile".

"He suffered with dementia which had on previous occasions led to him becoming confused and disorientated," he said.

Pontypridd Coroners Court heard Kitts' family dialled 999 when he failed to return home on 21 September.

A search party involving mountain rescue teams was launched and he was discovered on the mountain the following day.

Kitts was suffering hypothermia and was airlifted 31 miles (49km) to hospital in Cardiff by helicopter. However, he died on October 1 despite treatment.

Hughes concluded that Kitts died "due to the complications of a likely, but unwitnessed fall, or collapse, leading to leg entrapment and the complications of a long lie."

Kitts' immediate cause of death was listed as pneumonia and acute renal failure.

Speaking after he was found and taken to hospital, Kitts' wife Joyce praised police, mountain rescue team, volunteers, air ambulance and hospital staff for caring for him, and said: "I am forever grateful to everyone."