Tragedy at cinema as a man dies from getting his head stuck under a foot rest

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a young father ‘who had everything to live for’ who died in a freak accident after he became wedged under a VIP cinema seat and suffered a heart attack.

Ateeq Rafiq, 24, had gone to watch a film with his wife when he dropped his phone between seats. When he bent down at the end of the film the electronic footrest on the Gold Class seats is believed to have clamped down on his head, causing him to panic.

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He lost consciousness after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest as his distraught wife and mother of his two-year-old daughter watching on screamed,Mailonline reported.

Paramedics were called to the Vue Cinema in Star City, Birmingham and managed to restart his heart before taking him to the nearby Heartland Hospital but he tragically died a week later.