Robert Pipe, 83, collapsed while eating fruit at Homestead House on St Faith's Road in Old Catton on March 1 this year.

An inquest at Norfolk Coroner’s Court heard that paramedics initially believed he had suffered a catastrophic cardiac arrest.

However, a post-mortem conducted by consultant pathologist Dr Ben Marriott at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital later revealed a piece of strawberry lodged in his throat, causing him to suffocate.

The court was told the piece of fruit measured approximately 5cm by 4cm by........

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