Man died after injury suffered in nursing home clash with 96 year old

A 71-YEAR-OLD man died from complications of a bone fracture sustained in an altercation with a 96-year-old resident in the nursing home where they both lived, an inquest has heard.

Patrick Declan Kinsella, of Annabeg Nursing Home, Meadow Court, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, suffered a fracture of his right tibia and fibula in a fight with the man on August 24, 2010.

Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard staff nurse Jeanette Suarez called emergency services around 10pm when she found Mr Kinsella, who was a wheelchair-user, lying on the floor.