Police investigate capsicum spray death

Bendigo police were called to the 48-year-old man's home in Energetic Street, Long Gully, a suburb of Bendigo, at about 9.40pm (AEDT) on Friday following a report of a domestic dispute, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.
The man was sprayed with OC foam when he confronted police but was administered care by police and left in the company of a neighbour, who later left the house. The same neighbour found the man dead in his bed when she returned about 9am the following day.
Detective Sergeant Ross Gray of Castlemaine criminal investigation unit is preparing a report for the coroner. Sgt Gray said the man was diabetic and had heart problems. An initial autopsy showed the man died of a heart attack and there was no direct link to the capsicum spray, Sgt Gray said.