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image captionLeon Briggs died in hospital after being restrained and detained at Luton police station in November 2013
A man shouted help me and get off me as he was restrained face-down by police officers hours before he died, an inquest heard.
Leon Briggs, 39, died in 2013 after being detained under the Mental Health Act at Luton police station.
A jury was told one witness described the father-of-two as like a child crying out for a toy as he was held down by officers.
Another said he looked her in the eyes and said please help me .
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Hospitals are rationing oxygen and ambulances are waiting outside for as long as nine hours outside to hand over patients as the UK s health system buckles under the growing pressures of Covid-19.
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Speaking to Sky News Sophy Ridge on Sunday,
Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to be drawn on speculation of changes in the law.
But he continued to
urge people to stay at home, adding: Every flexibility can be fatal. this virus is so contagious it passes on and as we ve seen it s deadly. You might look at the rules and think, Well, it doesn t matter too much if I just do this or do that . But these rules are not there as boundaries to be pushed, they are the limit to what people should be doing.