Coroner: Autoerotic asphyxiation fraught with danger

A coroner has warned people engaging in autoerotic asphyxiation that the practice is “fraught” with danger and can cause instantaneous death.

Dublin coroner Brian Farrell made the comments before returning a verdict of misadventure at the inquest into the death of Andrew Myers, aged 29, who was found hanging in a garden shed at his home in Pinewoods, Clondalkin, on January 19 last year.

The evidence at the inquest indicated that Mr Myers died while engaged in autoerotic asphyxiation, a practice where a person intentionally restricts oxygen flow for sexual arousal.