Twilight viewer's death not suspicious

Wellington police have named the man found dead in his front-row seat after a screening of the new Twilight movie.

Anthony Damien Smythe, 23, was found in Reading Cinemas at Courtenay Central by a staff member cleaning the theatre after Sunday's 6pm screening of vampire movie The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Miller said today Mr Smythe had been living in Wellington since May.

"Preliminary results of the post-mortem examination conducted yesterday show there are no suspicious circumstances regarding his death."

Police were investigating the death on behalf of the coroner.

Police earlier said staff who found Mr Smythe  thought he was asleep.

He had gone to the screening by himself and was not noticed by patrons as they left the movie theatre.

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