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Jurors were told the victim required three operations before being moved to critical care, and he remained in a medically induced coma after sustaining incision wounds to his liver and pancreas.

In 2005 he went into a coma after having a stroke and two haemorrhages, but recovered and was able to resume his music career.

It can be involuntary – for example, if a person is in a coma and unable to give their consent – or voluntary, as in this case.

Sharaz Ali, 39, who was seriously injured in the same fire and subsequently spent time in a coma, has been charged with four counts of murder.

When Ali awoke from a coma, she could no longer speak English, only her first language, Urdu.