THE daughter of a popular man who died of injuries caused by a chainsaw has paid tribute to him, saying life without her inspirational dad ‘seems unbearable’.

Andrew Bartosik, aged 50, of Troutbeck Drive, Warndon, Worcester was found dead at his home at 8.45am on Thursday, March 26, as previously reported in the Worcester News.

The divorced father-of-two was named as an inquest into his death was opened by Worcestershire Coroners Service on Tuesday (March 31).

His daughter Tasha Bartosik, aged 18, of Astwood Road, Worcester, wrote in a message on Twitter, which we are using with her permission: “Last week I lost one of the most important people in my life, who I never thought I would have to say goodbye to so soon.

“But life’s cruel and you never know what’s coming next, living a life without my dad seems unbearable.

"I know my dad didn’t leave me and my brother because he wanted to because I know he loved us endlessly but he just wanted to be out of misery and stop the pain the world brought upon him.

“ I pray that he has now found peace. I will love him for eternity. Rest in paradise dad. I know you’ll be watching over me and Ethan.”

As well as a daughter Mr Bartosik also has a 14-year-old son Ethan who attends Tudor Grange Academy.

In an exclusive interview with the Worcester News Miss Bartosik said he had been in a state of 'emotional pain' before his death but said she did not know any more.

She said he loved jazz and blues music but that she had got him into house music.

Mr Bartosik, a former Christopher Whitehead pupil, was born in Worcester but had a Lithuanian mother and a Polish father.

Miss Bartosik said: "He had a lot of knowledge of the world, about how things began. He was really into history. He always knew something about a certain event in history. He always had an answer to a question - and it would not be a straightforward answer. He liked a debate - he tended to win a debate.

"He was shy but could also be outgoing. He would be up for things. He had a lot of energy."

Mr Bartosik was a self-employed painter and decorator with his own business called Andy's Decorating.

He was physically fit, attending salsa dancing classes and had been in a break dancing crew in the 1980s called 'Street Attack'. Miss Bartosik described her dad as 'a really good dancer'.

Formed in 1982, Street Attack put on displays in Worcester night clubs, scout groups, at Worcester University (when it was Worcester college) and even at the city's Guildhall.

Mr Bartosik liked to go to Mode, Drummonds, Bolero in Worcester and sometimes to Cheltenham with his salsa group.

Miss Bartosik remembers an attentive dad who would take his two children walking in the Malvern Hills, on picnics and fishing and who always believed in them.

Miss Bartosik said: "At the moment it doesn't seem real. I didn't live with my dad and at the moment it feels like another day not seeing him, like I'm going to see him again. We would go around every Thursday and we would stop over every other weekend.

"My dad believed me and my brother could do anything we wanted. I'm going to university in September. If it wasn't for my dad I would not be going.

"He did encourage me. He pushed me a lot. If it felt like college was getting too much he would say 'just think of uni'. What happened makes me want to pursue that even more."

Miss Bartosik, who studies at Heart of Worcester College in Deansway wants to study graphic design at the University of the Arts in London.

She said she had been contacted by her dad's customers, many of whom were also his friends, who wanted to attend his funeral.

DI Stuart Murphy, an officer in the case, said: “It is a tragic set of circumstances, and our thoughts are with Mr Bartosik’s family.”

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said at the time: "Police were called to an address in Troutbeck Drive, Worcester at about 8.45am today after the body of a man had been discovered.

"Officers are investigating the circumstances of the man's death and will be preparing a report for the coroner. At the present time the incident is not believed to be suspicious."

West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed a paramedic area support officer in a rapid response vehicle and two ambulance crews attended and that a man was confirmed dead at the scene.

The medical cause of death, which has yet to be confirmed at the inquest, was given as exsanguination (blood loss) and extensive chainsaw injuries to the neck.

The funeral has not yet been arranged.