Leon Briggs
An inquest jury has found the way in which police officers restrained father-of-two Leon Briggs more than minimally contributed to his death in Luton in 2013.
The 39-year-old lorry driver was detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to Luton police station in handcuffs and leg restraints on 4 November 2013.
He died around two hours later at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital of amphetamine intoxication in association with prone restraint and prolonged struggling , with a secondary cause of heart disease.
Returning a conclusion after nearly three days of deliberations, the jury found the use of force by officers who restrained him for more than 13 minutes in a dangerous face-down position on the concrete more than minimally contributed to his death .
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A47 traffic: Person rushed to hospital after multi-vehicle crash on major Cambs road
Three vehicles were involved in the crash
10:32, 11 MAR 2021
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A person has been rushed to hospital after a three-vehicle crash on a busy Cambridgeshire road this morning (March 11).
Published:
6:32 AM March 11, 2021
Emergency services were called to Victoria Road in Lowestoft after a woman in her 40s was injured in a fall. Picture: Google Images
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A woman in her 40s was taken to hospital after suffering injuries in a fall.
Emergency services - including firefighters, the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust and East Anglian Air Ambulance - responded after the woman suffered a trauma following a fall on Victoria Road in Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said they were called to the scene at 2.40pm on Monday, March 8 with a fire crew from Lowestoft South Fire Station alerted at 2.47pm.