A jury has reached a conclusion into the death of a man who died after being arrested by police in Bolton.

Muhammedou Kinteh entered the Newbury Convenience Store on St James Street, Farnworth, and behaved erratically on May 3, 2018.

He made reference to being chased and was seen to be in possession of a knife.

The 45-year-old threw bottles and was detained by members of staff who then called the police.

Officers arrested him but found he was in cardiac arrest.

Paramedics were called and Mr Kinteh was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital where he died later that day.

An inquest into his death took place at the Bolton Coroners Court.

As he died after being detained by police a jury was required to determine the facts of the case.

The found that he died from acute myocardial insufficiency with underlining causes of the pathophysiological effects of an incident on the day he died, cocaine toxicity and an artery atheroma.

The jury determined he had been to a friend’s on the day he died and had left with two kitchen knives.

He then entered the store on St James Street in an “agitated state” and was “saying he was being chased by people who wanted to kill him".

They found that “lawful force” had been applied and “exemplary care” was given to the man from Boscombe Gardens, Kearsley, by medical staff.

Coroner Peter Sigee had previously told them it would be unlawful for them to find anything done by the police more than minimally contributed to the death.

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The jury ruled: “The incident had several component parts, each of which had causative effects on the death.

“These included firstly the effect of running and throwing items, the stress of believing he was being chased in fear of his life, the stress of being appropriately and lawfully restrained and the effect of him struggling against that restraint.”

Coroner Peter Sigee recorded this as the outcome and offered his condolences to family.