Man, 93, ‘died after trapping his head in footrest of motorised chair’

A MAN aged 93 died after trapping his head in the footrest of his electric armchair, an inquest heard.

Edward Stainer fell and accidentally pressed a button on the remote which lowered the rest.

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It trapped the retired security guard’s neck and suffocated him last November at his home in Basingstoke, Hants.

His grandson David Clarke found him lying on his back with the remote next to him.

Winchester coroner Jason Pegg said he died from asphyxia after “inadvertently pressing the control button”.  

Describing finding his grandfather on the morning of November 16, Mr Clarke said: "My grandfather was laying on the floor when I came in and the armchair was on top of him.

"The foot rest was above him and the chair was in the 'upright' position.

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"He was on his back. The footrest was on his neck, it was so far between his chin and his chest you couldn't see his face.

"The remote control was on the left hand side of the chair. It was right next to him."

Verdict: Accident.

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