English bodybuilder addicted to steroids has died of a heart attack after being tasered by police.

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Father-of-two Dale Burns, 27, was stunned with the 50,000-volt taser three times by police after he began trashing his own apartment in Barrow-in-Furness in England's north-west, The Sun reported.

Police also used capsicum spray in a bid to subdue Mr Burns, who worked as a bouncer, before handcuffing him and arresting him for criminal damage.

He was rushed to hospital after going into cardiac arrest but died three hours later.

Mr Burns' former stepdad, Ian Lund, told the newspaper his stepson had become addicted to steroids and party drug mephedrone, causing him to suffer violent mood swings.

Nobody else was at the apartment at the time of his arrest.