An art dealer died six weeks after suffering a head injury from falling over while playing tennis in Oxford, an inquest has heard.

Nicholas Stogdon, 75, was playing tennis on February 3 this year when he suffered from a fall.

In the following weeks, Mr Stogdon who lived in Middle Street, Kidlington, started to experience headaches, increasing heaviness on his right-hand side and instability.

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On March 14, he was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital where a scan revealed a subdural haematoma, a serious condition where blood collects between the skull and the surface of the brain.

Three days later he underwent surgery to evacuate the haematoma, during which a subdural drain was inserted.

Following the removal of the drain on March 20, he was shortly found unresponsive on the floor.

A subsequent scan detected a new acute haemorrhage which led to further neurosurgical intervention.

Despite further treatment, his condition worsened, and he died on March 23.