Soleiman Faqiri’s deadly restraint by Ontario jail guards in 2016 has been deemed a homicide words his family has waited to hear for nearly seven years, since he died shackled, pepper sprayed and covered with a spit hood face down on a cell floor.
The jurors’ finding on the cause of death carries no legal liability and any recommendations it issues are not binding. No charges have been laid in Faqiri’s death
Jurors in a coroner s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail have recommended the province create a designated inspectorate for corrections, as they ruled Soleiman Faqiri s death a homicide.