20 October 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Church caretaker, 32, died in police custody when officers tied restraining belt around his face

originally by: Mail Online
published: 7 October 2013

Four police officers are facing prosecution after a prisoner died in custody when a restraining belt was fixed across his face. Church caretaker Thomas Orchard, 32, collapsed in a police cell after the belt was fastened across his mouth to stop him from ‘spitting or biting’ following his arrest in October last year, it has been reported.

Mr Orchard, who suffered from schizophrenia, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead on [10 October 2013] after a week in a coma.

13 July 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Man shot six times by police WAS ‘unlawfully killed’

by: The Voice Online
published: 5 July 2013

An inquiry into the death of a man shot six times by police has concluded that he was unlawfully killed. Azelle Rodney, 24, died after an officer opened fire on a car he was travelling in eight years ago. The car was under surveillance for several hours before unmarked officers stopped it in Edgware, North London, in 2005. Rodney was a passenger in the back seat of the car.

The marksman, known only as E7, told the inquiry he feared the occupants were armed with a sub-machine gun capable of firing more than 1,000 rounds per minute. It was believed the group were on their way to rob a Colombian drugs gang.

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28 April 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Man dies after police taser incident

originally by: The Guardian
published: 26 April 2013

A man has died after suffering horrific burns in an incident when he was “Tasered” by a police officer while doused in a flammable liquid.

Police were called to the home of 32-year-old Andrew Pimlott in Plymouth following a domestic disturbance and told that he was in the garden and had a can of flammable liquid with him. An officer discharged a Taser and, according to eye witnesses, Pimlott was seen “fully on fire from top to bottom”. One of the police officers jumped on him to try to put out the flames.