His family have spoken out
He died in hospital two days after he fell unconscious while being detained during the struggle in Haywards Heath in July 2014.Mr Tomlin, originally from Oxfordshire, was handcuffed behind his back, placed in leg restraints and held face down on the floor before being carried into a police van with his legs curled up behind him.
‘Coming into the inquest we had real concerns about information sharing, the need to move Duncan onto his side from the prone position, the use of handcuffs, limb restraints, and incapacitant spray, as well as the training that the officers had received in relation to positional asphyxia.‘They have found not only that there were failings, but that there were gross failings.’
‘It has been incredibility traumatic to repeatedly have to watch the footage of Duncan in the back of the police van when we consider he clearly needed help. The jury have agreed.’ After the hearing, Selen Cavcav, from charity Inquest, which works with families after a death in custody, said: ‘We would ask the CPS to reconsider the decision not to prosecute any of the officers involved.The inquest heard Mr Tomlin had been drinking and had taken drugs before the late-night disturbance and officers restrained him after he ran off.
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