The family of a man who was found dead in his home in St Ann's have paid tribute to a 'selfless' person.
John Flynn, 53, was found laying face down in his home in Luther Close by a friend on March 8.
Ambulance crews and police attended the scene, and a cordon was set up around Mr Flynn's home just after 9am as Nottinghamshire Police investigated what happened.
On Thursday (March 10), police said they were not treating Mr Flynn's death as suspicious.
His sister, Stella Kairinous, 37, said the family were told on the same day a Home Office post-mortem into his death concluded he died of a heart attack.
She said Mr Flynn had suffered an injury to his head. She explained he's fallen to the group because of a heart attack.
Ms Kairinous said Mr Flynn was well known in the area and the family had been receiving a large number of phone calls speculating about what happened and the way he was found.
She said the recent days had been 'traumatic'.
And, after it left members of the local community 'frightened', Ms Kairinous explained the family wanted to set the record straight about what happened.
Paying tribute to her brother, who was known as 'Johnny 2 Bad', Ms Kairinous said: "He never wanted to burden anyone with his problems; he had a lot of problems with his heart he didn't want people to worry about.
"It's been horrendous, we've all been devastated at what happened, and we don't want his memory to be something that it's not.
"A friend dropped his children off at school and saw keys within the front door of John's apartment, and he thought John had left them there.
"He unlocked the door, went in and saw my brother laying face down in the hallway with a wound to the back of his head.
"When my sister (Theodora Kairinous, known as Theo) got there, she was told by paramedics not to go near John as he could have been attacked, and for 48 hours we were questioning why he was hurt and why someone could do that until we found out.
"I want to say a 'thank you' to the inspectors involved, they've been fantastic."
Mr Flynn worked as a butcher until 2006, when he then suffered septicaemia and was unable to work again.
His younger brother, Stevie Kairinos, helped to look after him during that time, and also paid tribute to a 'selfless' man.
Mr Kairinos, 33, said: "He was selfless, he was always helping everyone else out, and he never asked for help or anything from anyone.
"He was the salt of the earth, he lived in St Ann's for 45 years and helped everyone out, he was the most real person you could meet.
"We always used to go driving with music on, he was massively into reggae and loved Bob Marley.
"All of us will love him and miss him."
When it was confirmed police were not treating Mr Flynn's death as suspicious, Detective Inspector Kayne Rukas, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Our thoughts remain with this man's family and friends. A file will be prepared for the coroner."
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