Dad died when 'game of slaps' with teenage son went tragically wrong

mirror.co.uk:

A dad died when a 'game of slaps' with his son went tragically wrong and he fall backwards, hitting his head on the road, an inquest heard.

Army veteran Malcolm Callender, 48, and his son Ewan had been playing the game after watching football when he reeled backwards and fell, fatally striking his head.

A coroner heard that 19-year-old Ewan was not keen on hitting his bigger-built father, the bursar of prestigious Wellington College, but did it because he wanted to make him proud, with horrific consequences.

Malcolm, who had struck Ewan with a stinging slap when they want out to watch football on April 12 last year, stood with his hands behind his back and said to his son: "Right, you can have your free shot." Witnesses saw Ewan clench his