Police constables cleared of allowing mentally ill man to die in front of them

originally by: Mail Online
published: 3 May 2013

Two police officers have been found not guilty of allowing a mentally ill man to die in front of them after detaining him in his home.

PCs Maurice Leigh and Neil Bowdery, of Kent Police, both denied misconduct in public office over the death of paranoid schizophrenic Colin Holt.

Mr Holt, 52, died from positional asphyxia at his flat in Gillingham, Kent, on August 30, 2010 after the officers were called to return him to hospital under a Mental Health Act order.

25 April 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Police ‘stood over vulnerable man and watched him die’

originally by: Daily Mail
published: 24 April 2013

Two police officers allowed a vulnerable man to suffocate and die in front of them without trying to help, a court has heard.

PCs Maurice Leigh and Neil Bowdery, of Kent Police, have pleaded not guilty to misconduct in public office over the death of paranoid schizophrenic Colin Holt in August 2010.

Maidstone Crown Court [was told] that police had been called to the 52-year-old’s flat in Gillingham, Kent, to bring him back to hospital as he was subject to a Mental Health Act order.

23 April 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK