Man died trapped in cupboard

A man who got stuck in his bedroom cupboard died after struggling to free himself for up to a week, an inquest heard yesterday.

Ronald McClagish, 51, of Murrow, Cambridgeshire, was believed to have been cleaning out his cupboard when a wardrobe toppled over and trapped him inside. The father-of-two was unable to get out because the heavy wardrobe was wedged against the cupboard door.

He broke off a copper water pipe inside the cupboard so he could use it as a tool to batter the inside of the door. But water from the pipe started gushing over him inside the cupboard.

Two police officers went to his home on February 15 and found him dead inside the cupboard with his feet poking out of the bottom.

A post mortem exam revealed he had died of bronchitis which was either caused or worsened by his body being immersed in water. The North and East Cambridgeshire coroner recorded an open verdict.

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