A bloodstained car thief who behaved like a ‘trapped wild animal’ died after he was put in a headlock by a philosophy professor, an inquest has heard.
Daniel Smith, 35, leapt over walls and ran through hedges as he attempted to flee four police officers pursuing him over an unconnected burglary in Axminster, Devon.
The drug addict wound up in the garden of an elderly couple and tried to escape in their Volvo car – but was stopped in his tracks as he had no keys.
Smith, heavily scratched and wearing just shorts and trainers, then ran a short distance to an unlocked
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