Monday, May 05, 2008

Pensioner killed by his armchair

Pensioner George Harris died after his electronic armchair hurled him to the ground when he fiddled with its controls.

The retired farmer, 77, suffered a fractured skull in the fall.

His wife Enid, 75, was upstairs at their home in Penryn, Cornwall, when she heard him cry out.

She told a Truro inquest: "I found him on the floor. I assume he played with the remote and jammed the control so it ejected him."

George died in hospital four days later.

Verdict: Accident.

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