Sister of man who died on 40th birthday after being put in a 'chokehold' by his friend speaks out as new details emerge

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The sister of a man who died while celebrating his 40th birthday after being put in a 'chokehold' by his friend who 'feared he'd be raped or sexually assaulted by him' has claimed he was 'portrayed as a sexual predator'.

David Toulson died at his Salford apartment on June 25, 2022. He had been out with his pals, former prison officer James Johnson and two other women at a bottomless brunch in the Gay Village, before they continued the celebrations at his apartment.

Johnson previously claimed at trial he feared he was going to be 'raped or sexually assaulted' by Mr Toulson, and so put him in a 'guillotine chokehold' and 'kept hold of in that hold until he felt it was safe to let go’, the court previously heard. READ MORE Tragedy of boy, 14, with autism and 'strong attraction' to water who ran away and drowned He later called 999 when Mr Toulson became unresponsive, telling the operator he thought he had killed him.

Following a trial, a jury later found him not guilty of murder and an alternative count of manslaughter. An inquest into David's death opened at Bolton Coroner's Court on Monday (November 18).