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| A mature student choked to death after an "impromptu" challenge by a friend to see who could eat the most fairy cakes, an inquest has heard. | |
| Adam Deeley, 34, from Birmingham, and his friends were at the opening night of a photography exhibition in Swansea. | Adam Deeley, 34, from Birmingham, and his friends were at the opening night of a photography exhibition in Swansea. |
| Two of his friends put up to four cakes from the buffet in their mouths. | Two of his friends put up to four cakes from the buffet in their mouths. |
| Mr Deeley tried to eat five but began choking and collapsed on the floor. Swansea Coroner Phillip Rogers recorded a verdict of misadventure. | Mr Deeley tried to eat five but began choking and collapsed on the floor. Swansea Coroner Phillip Rogers recorded a verdict of misadventure. |
| Mr Deeley and his friends were at Monkey café in Swansea in February this year, where he had worked for the previous year while finishing a three-year graphic design university course. | |
| Steven Jenkins, who was part of the group, said: "There was a tray of cakes left over from the buffet - my friend put three cakes in his mouth so I tried four. | |
| There was cake around his mouth and I could hear and see that he was trying to cough Bar manager Daniel Finzelbach | |
| "They were small, only an inch-and-a-half across but I struggled with four. My friend must have told Adam what we were doing and he put five cakes in his mouth. | |
| "I could see that he was struggling to eat them but then he walked across to the toilets. I thought he was wanted to spit them out, I didn't know he was choking at that point. | |
| "I only realised how serious it was a minute or two later when other people ran to help him. | |
| Mr Deeley was with friends at the Monkey café | |
| Mr Deeley's work colleague, bar manager Daniel Finzelbach, a former lifeguard, said: "I realised Adam was in trouble as he walked towards the toilets - his body was convulsing. | |
| "There was cake around his mouth and I could hear and see that he was trying to cough. I ran to the toilet and started slapping his back as hard as I could. | |
| "Then I tried the Heimlich manoeuvre but he collapsed on the floor and I called for an ambulance." | |
| Mr Deeley, who was not working that night, had gone to the bar for the opening of an exhibition by a photographer friend. | |
| He was in the third year of his degree and planned to emigrate to New Zealand after graduating. | |
| The inquest heard he had been one-and-a-half-times the drink driving limit on the night of his death. | |
| Swansea Coroner Phillip Rogers said: "Clearly, any activity involving putting large amounts of food in the mouth is dangerous. | |
| "It does not take me to say this sort of thing should be avoided." |