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A father from east Hull who said he couldn t breathe seven times as security guards pinned him face down on the ground was unlawfully killed , a court has ruled.
Jack Barnes, 29, from Longhill, died after suffering a cardiac arrest at Manchester Victoria Station where he was held down by four Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) after allegedly being caught smoking inside the station.
An inquest into his death on Friday in Manchester Coroner s Court heard that the factory worker had pleaded for his life while the four men used excessive and unreasonable force to keep him pinned to the ground during the incident in 2016.
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An east Hull dad who pleaded he couldn t breathe seven times as bravado security guards excessively held him face-down on the ground was unlawfully killed , a court has today ruled.
Jack Barnes, 29, from Longhill, east Hull, died after suffering a cardiac arrest at Manchester Victoria Station as he was excessively held down by four Customer Service Representatives (CSRs), after he was allegedly caught smoking inside the station.
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By Michael Buchanan
media captionTricia Gerrard: Jack died and nobody s being held accountable for it
A man who died after being restrained in the street by public transport workers was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.
Manchester Coroner s Court was told Jack Barnes shouted I can t breathe repeatedly as he was held by Metrolink staff in Manchester in October 2016.
The 29-year-old from Hull had a cardiac arrest and died seven weeks later.
Concluding his death was unlawful, Coroner Nigel Meadows said the workers actions amounted to manslaughter.
Transport for Greater Manchester s Chief Executive Eamonn Boylan said: First and foremost I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Jack Barnes.
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