Oxford don died after fellow professor restrined him with headlock - The Times (subscription)

An Oxford don died of a heart attack after being put in a headlock by a fellow professor who was trying to restrain him, an inquest was told today.

Stephen Rawlings, an internationally acclaimed astrophysicist, was pronounced dead in January after an incident at the home of his colleague and longstanding friend, Devinderjit Sivia.

Oxford Coroner's Court was told that a neighbour, police and paramedics all tried to resuscitate Professor Rawlings, who had been invited to stay at Dr Sivia's house in Southmoor, Oxfordshire.

Friends of Professor Rawlings, a fellow of St Peter's College who was being treated for mental