Inquest decides on an autoerotic accident.
Ralph Santiago, 31, was found dead in the men’s toilets of the building he worked wearing Wellington boots, a wetsuit and gas mask.
The evening before he died Mr Santiago printed off information from the internet explaining how inhaling “poppers” (legal chemicals used to stimulate a sexual high) via a gas mask can cause arousal.
Dr Sukhvinder Ghataura, who carried out the autopsy, told the inquest it was likely – owing to the fact Mr Santiago’s lungs were filled with blood – he died of cardio respiratory arrest.
Dr Ghataura said he believed this was caused by inhalation of noxious gases via the gas canister, but added the chemicals had dispersed by the time the post-mortem was carried out.
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