Coroner Emma Whitting warned restraint training is dangerously inadequate eight years on from the death of Leon Briggs, who died after being restrained by Bedfordshire Police officers.
Workers Revolutionary Party
Leon Briggs Family members and their
supporters with the Justice 4Leon banner marching in
London in October 2014 on the annual United Families and Friends Campaign march for justice for all those who have died whilst in the custody
of the state
âOver our long fight for the truth there has been no remorse shown by the police â in fact they have tried to disrupt the investigation at every turn, determined to cover their own backs,â Leon Briggsâ mother, Margaret Briggs, said after the inquest into her sonâs death delivered its verdict last Friday.
The inquest found that a series of omissions and failures by Bedfordshire Police and East of England Ambulance Service contributed to the death of Leon Briggs on 4th November 2013.
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Police more than minimally contributed to a father-of-two s death when they restrained him, an inquest jury has found.
Leon Briggs, 39, was detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to Luton police station in handcuffs and leg restraints on November 4, 2013.
The lorry driver died around two hours later at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital of amphetamine intoxication in association with prone restraint and prolonged struggling , with a secondary cause of heart disease, senior coroner Emma Whitting has said.
Leon Briggs, 39, was detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to Luton police station in handcuffs and leg restraints on November 4, 2013
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