A man died after becoming obsessed with cleaning his home and himself with Dettol.
Recluse Jacques Niemand, 42, used vast amounts of the disinfectant for keeping his home clean and washing himself, an inquest heard.
The inquest in Manchester was told that Jacques' over-exposure to the cleaning agent resulted in a fatal lack of oxygen getting into his system.
His sister Ruth Bain said she wouldn't go into the flat in Pine Court, Lapwing Lane, Didsbury, because it was 'stifling'.
And several police officers who went in the flat following his death later went off sick with aches and pains after being 'overpowered' by the smell of cleaning products.
After Jacques' death last July Mrs Bain found a suitcase crammed with around 100 bottles of Dettol.
Empty bottles were also littered around the flat, as well as several buckets containing the fluid.
Mrs Bain said her brother, who was known as 'The Dettol Man', had suffered from an obsessive cleaning disorder for years.
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