Inquest told man was held in a ‘choke hold’

A MAN who died after he was ejected from a pub in Cork was allegedly held in a “choke hold” as he was escorted off the premises, an inquest in Cork heard yesterday.

Anthony ‘Farmer’ Hennessy, 41, of Chapel Field, Gurranabraher, Cork, collapsed and died outside Mo Chuisle pub on Blarney Street in March 2008.

Initial inquest proceedings in 2009 had heard he died from compression of the neck with acute alcohol consumption as a contributory factor.