A HAMPSHIRE teenager has been found dead, days before he was due to start at Peter Symonds College in Winchester.

Tributes have been paid to former Wildern School pupil Zenon Bartlett from Botley.

Yesterday, more than 200 people gathered at the school in Hedge End where they remembered the 16-year-old who was set to start at the sixth-form college on Monday.

The tributes include flowers, letters, pictures with scores of messages left from close friends, relatives, staff and students.

Southampton and Western Coroner’s office say they were notified of the death on Tuesday.

A spokesman said they cannot release further details until the inquest is opened, which is expected to be next week.