A man holding a toddler hostage after beating his neighbour to death was shot dead by police when attempts to Taser him failed, an inquest heard.

Kelvin Igweani, 24, was believed to be attacking the two-year-old boy in a bedroom in Milton Keynes in June 2021.

His neighbour, Richard Woodcock, 38, had gone into the flat to help but was killed with a 4kg( 8.8lb) kettlebell.

Mr Igweami a Nigerian-born footballer was shot four times and died. The boy was hospitalised but survived.

The inquest at Milton Keynes Coroner’s Court on Monday heard the toddler was “in a critical condition” after the incident on 26 June 2021.

Assistant coroner for Milton Keynes, Dr Sean Cummings, said: “He [the boy] was resuscitated and transferred to neurosurgical department at Oxford.

“They thought he would die.

“Luckily and miraculously he has made a remarkable recovery.”