Thomas Townsend, 16, used deodorant to wash himself instead of taking showers and would go through a can a week, his mother Sally Townsend said.
Teenager with body odour collapsed and died after spraying too much deodorant
A 16-year old boy was found dead after spraying too much deodorant.
Speaking at the inquest, Sally Townsend said: ‘He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him.
‘Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO.
‘He would go through a can a week. I didn’t know he had so many cans in his room but he was a big hoarder.’
On the day of his death, staff member Lucy Banyard discovered Thomas’ body on the landing outside his bedroom on the top floor of the home.
He was collapsed on his knees against the bed, leaning forward. Paramedics were called but he could not be revived.
Police examined his room and found 42 mostly empty cans of deodorant and hair spray.
Recording a conclusion of accidental death, coroner Rachel Redman said: ‘He sprayed it all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas.'
He was a brilliant fine young man who was due to start college later in the year, with the hope of having a career as a farrier. The inquest heard.
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