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| Six police officers involved in the death of a 23-year-old man subjected to excessive and prolonged restraint at a psychiatric hospital in London have been cleared of any wrongdoing over his death. | Six police officers involved in the death of a 23-year-old man subjected to excessive and prolonged restraint at a psychiatric hospital in London have been cleared of any wrongdoing over his death. |
| Olaseni Lewis, 23, from South Norwood, south London, died on 3 September 2010, three days after he was subjected to two periods of restraint by police lasting more than 30 minutes, while in the care of Bethlem Royal hospital. | Olaseni Lewis, 23, from South Norwood, south London, died on 3 September 2010, three days after he was subjected to two periods of restraint by police lasting more than 30 minutes, while in the care of Bethlem Royal hospital. |
| The assistant chief constable Tony Blaker, who chaired the misconduct hearing at the Metropolitan police’s Empress State building in west London said “the failings were identified as matters of performance … outside the remit of this panel”. | |
| PC Simon Smith, PC Michael Aldridge, PC Stephen Boyle, DC Laura Curran, PC Ian Simpson and PC James Smith had faced a host of allegations of misconduct and gross misconduct over the death of Lewis in 2010. | PC Simon Smith, PC Michael Aldridge, PC Stephen Boyle, DC Laura Curran, PC Ian Simpson and PC James Smith had faced a host of allegations of misconduct and gross misconduct over the death of Lewis in 2010. |
| In a narrative conclusion given at an inquest after the coroner ruled out a finding of unlawful killing, a jury identified a litany of failures by both police and medical staff that contributed to Lewis’s death. | In a narrative conclusion given at an inquest after the coroner ruled out a finding of unlawful killing, a jury identified a litany of failures by both police and medical staff that contributed to Lewis’s death. |
| “The excessive force, pain compliance techniques and multiple mechanical restraints were disproportionate and unreasonable. On the balance of probability, this contributed to the cause of death,” they said. | “The excessive force, pain compliance techniques and multiple mechanical restraints were disproportionate and unreasonable. On the balance of probability, this contributed to the cause of death,” they said. |
| The decision to hold the misconduct hearing without press or public in attendance has been sharply criticised by the parents of the victim. | The decision to hold the misconduct hearing without press or public in attendance has been sharply criticised by the parents of the victim. |