BBC TV host died as 'sex game went wrong'

A millionaire BBC television presenter was found dead in his East London home after accidentally suffocating himself during a solo sex game.

Kristian Digby, host of BBC1’s daytime property show 'To Buy Or Not To Buy', was on March 1 found dead in his home by a female pal, reported 'Daily Mail'.

The 32-year-old homosexual, who also presented 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy', had suffocated and had a plastic bin liner over his head, the court heard.

Digby shot to fame presenting shows including 'Living In The Sun', 'House Swap and Buy It, Sell It, Bank It', despite suffering from ‘severe’ dyslexia - one of many causes he helped on a charitable basis.

Pathologist Dr Benjamin Swift told the court that he had found no injuries indicating Digby had been forcibly hooded with the bin liner.

The court heard the BBC presenter’s body had been found next to a canister of ethyl chloride - a ‘volatile compound’ with pleasure-enhancing effects similar to amyl nitrate. However the pathologist told the court that toxicology tests carried out on  Digby had given no indication he had been drinking or ingesting any drugs - including the sex aid spray.

He said: "After a few minutes [following the placement of the bag] when the amount of air you are breathing in the bag diminishes you will lose consciousness. Air entrance into the bag would have been certainly diminished. I give the cause of death as plastic bag asphyxia."

Following the death Metropolitan Police officers investigated to see if Kristian may have been a victim of foul play, but found no evidence to suggest that, the court heard.

Questioning Detective Inspector Lee Barnard, Dr Stearns said: In essence, as I understand it, he had developed an interest in autoerotic asphyxiation recently. He was highly sensible, and none of the people that came forward led you to believe in any way they had been involved in this particular tragedy.

The officer replied ‘absolutely’ before, recording a verdict of death by misadventure, the coroner went on: "There is no evidence to suggest Kristian was acting out a fantasy with any other person present at the time of his death. "I have to conclude that Kristian has died as a result of an intended act, namely placing a plastic bag over his head as part of some sexual experimentation, but did not at any point believe or intend that should lead to his death."
 

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