A late-night swim in the sea ended in tragedy for a visitor to Brighton, an inquest heard.

The body of Zafar Khan, 36, was washed up on Brighton beach last October.

Mr Khan, who had been drinking, travelled to the city from his home in London with his sister and a friend to visit a night club.

They arrived in the early hours and parked in Madeira Drive.

Mr Khan immediately stripped down to his boxer shorts and went into the sea near the Palace Pier.

The emergency services were alerted when he disappeared in rough seas.

Coastguards found his body three hours later, at 5am, on the shore opposite the Brighton Centre.

A post-mortem examination revealed he had drunk a high level of alcohol, at least four times the legal drink-drive limit.

Mr Khan's sister Sophie Tester, of Anerley Park, London, told the Brighton hearing: "It was a spontaneous evening that ended in tragedy.

"He kept saying that as soon as he got to Brighton he wanted to go for a swim in the sea."

Brighton and Hove deputy coroner Roderick Webb recorded a verdict of accidental death.

He said: "He had set his heart on going for a swim and I suspect he did not appreciate the dangers involved."