source: BBC News 
published: 22 January 2016

A man who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest had been restrained by police for over 20 minutes, a court has heard.

Thomas Orchard, 32, who had paranoid schizophrenia, was handcuffed, held down and had a large fabric webbing belt put across his face, jurors heard. He died in hospital seven days later.

Custody Sergeant Jan Kingshott, 44, and civilian detention officers Simon Tansley, 38, and Michael Marsden, 55, each deny two charges of manslaughter at Bristol Crown Court.

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all credits: BBC News
published: 12 January 2016

A woman whose daughter died in police custody has lost a High Court bid for a review of the inquest into the death. Toni Emma Speck, 31, of Huntington, was detained under the Mental Health Act at Fulford Road police station in York on 2 June 2011.

She was found slumped in her cell and died later in hospital. Her mother Maureen had wanted judges to review a coroner’s decision following the inquest jury’s narrative verdict in 2015.

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source: BBC News
published: 27 November 2015

A nurse called to the cell of a woman who later collapsed and died should have realised she needed urgent treatment, an inquest jury has ruled.

Toni Emma Speck, 31, of Huntington, was detained under the Mental Health Act at Fulford Road police station in York on 2 June 2011. She later suffered a cardiac arrest and died in hospital. Her family criticised systematic failings in her care and said she could have lived had she been hospitalised.

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