A teenager died in a freak accident after inhaling the gas from deodorant he was spraying to wash himself. 
 
 Thomas Townsend, 16, would use the aerosol to clean himself rather than take showers, an inquest was told today. 
 
 Coroner Rachel Redman told the hearing: “He sprayed it all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas.” 
 
 Thomas died at a children’s home near Folkestone, on August 29 last year. 
 
 Staff member Lucy Banyard found his body on the landing outside his room on the top floor of the home at about 6.30pm. Paramedics were called but he could not be revived. 
 
 "He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him" - Sally Townsend Pathologist Dr Kareem Aboualfa said cause of death was circulation collapse caused by butane gas inhalation but there was no drink or drugs in his system. 
 
 Police who investigated examined his room and found he had hoarded a total 42 cans of products such as deodorant and hair spray, many of them empty. 
 
 His mother, Sally Townsend, said: “He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him. Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO (body odour). 
 
 “He would go through a can a week. I didn’t know he had so many cans in his room but he was a big hoarder." 
 
 The inquest heard that Thomas had been in a foster home for five years until he moved to the children's home last February. 
 
 At first he had found it hard to settle and he had a history of self-harming by cutting himself. 
 
 But, the hearing at Folkestone Magistrates Court was told he expressed no intention to take his life and showed no interest in substance abuse. 
 
 He finally settled into the children's home, was due to start college that September and was looking forward to a career as a farrier. 
 
 Gordon Murdoch-Shaw, area manager for the home’s owners, Ethelbert Children’s Services in Ramsgate, said that there was nothing in terms of Thomas’s background or behaviour that showed he was at risk of solvent misuse. 
 
 Mrs Redman, coroner for Central and South East Kent, recorded a conclusion of accidental death. ||||| A Kent teenager died after inhaling the gas from deodorant he was spraying himself with, an inquest has found 
 
 16-year-old Thomas Townsend used large amounts the aerosol to clean himself rather than take showers, the Folkestone inquest was told. 
 
 “He would go through a can a week. I didn’t know he had so many cans in his room but he was a big hoarder." 
 
 He died on August 29 last year at Red Lodge in Millfield, Folkestone. Staff member Lucy Banyard discovered his body on the landing outside his room at about 6.30pm. Paramedics were called but were unable to revive him. 
 
 Police investigators later found 42 cans of aerosol products in his room, many of them empty. 
 
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 His mother, Sally Townsend, said: “He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him. Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO (body odour). 
 
 “He would go through a can a week. I didn’t know he had so many cans in his room but he was a big hoarder." 
 
 The cause of death was given as circulation collapse caused by butane gas inhalation, said pathologist Dr Kareem Aboualfa, who noted there was no drink or drugs in Thomas's system. 
 
 Thomas had been in a foster home for five years until he moved to the children's home in February 2015. 
 
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 The inquest heard that he'd found it hard to settle there, and had a history of self-harm - but had expressed no intention to take his life and showed no interest in substance abuse. 
 
 He was due to start college a few weeks after his death, having finally settled into the children's home, and was looking forward to a career as a farrier. 
 
 Recording a verdict of accidental death, Coroner Rachel Redman said: "He sprayed it [deodorant] all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas." ||||| Thomas Townsend used deodorant instead of taking showers 
 
 A teenager who died from inhaling deodorant gas was found collapsed and surrounded by 42 cans, an inquest has heard. 
 
 Thomas Townsend, 16, used deodorant to wash himself instead of taking showers and would go through a can a week, his mother Sally Townsend said. 
 
 The inquest, held in Folkestone Magistrates’ Court, Kent, today (Wednesday January 6), heard Thomas ‘succumbed to the effects of the gas’ on August 29 last year. 
 
 Speaking at the inquest, Sally Townsend said: ‘He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him. 
 
 ‘Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO. 
 
 ‘He would go through a can a week. I didn’t know he had so many cans in his room but he was a big hoarder.’ 
 
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 The inquest heard Thomas had been in a foster home for five years. He moved to a children’s home in Folkestone last February, but struggled to settle at first. 
 
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 However, he finally settled into the home and was due to start college later in the year, with the hope of having a career as a farrier. 
 
 He showed no interest in taking his life or substance abuse, the inquest was told. 
 
 On the day of his death, staff member Lucy Banyard discovered Thomas’ body on the landing outside his bedroom on the top floor of the home. 
 
 He was collapsed on his knees against the bed, leaning forward. Paramedics were called but he could not be revived. 
 
 Police examined his room and found 42 mostly empty cans of deodorant and hair spray. 
 
 Recording a conclusion of accidental death, coroner Rachel Redman said: ‘He sprayed it all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas.’
– A British teen who was found collapsed on the landing outside his room at a children's home last August died from using too much spray-on deodorant, the Telegraph reports. "He sprayed it all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas," Kent Online quotes the coroner as saying. A doctor says 16-year-old Thomas Townsend died from "circulation collapse caused by butane gas inhalation." The cause of death came to light at an inquest this week, reports Metro.co.uk. “He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him," says the teen's mother. "Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO." Police found 42 cans of deodorant, hair spray, and other products in Townsend's room at the children's home near Folkestone, Kent Online reports. His mother says she didn't know her son had so many cans but says he was "a big hoarder." Authorities say Townsend, who had been in a foster home for five years, had a history of self-harm, but he wasn't suicidal or abusing drugs or alcohol. No alcohol or drugs were found in Townsend's system, notes the Telegraph, and his death was ruled accidental. Those who knew him say he had turned a corner and was preparing to start college the following month, Kent Online reports. (How one man has gone 12 years without bathing.)