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| A police officer has been interviewed under caution for manslaughter after a new post-mortem overturned the cause of Ian Tomlinson's death. | |
| The newspaper-seller was struck and pushed over by a police officer during G20 protests on 1 April in the City. | |
| Now a fresh examination has found he died of abdominal haemorrhage, not a heart attack, as originally thought. | |
| Lawyers for the family said the new post-mortem raised the likelihood of a manslaughter charge. | |
| In its statement, the Coroner's Court said the inquest had looked at the first post-mortem carried out after Mr Tomlinson collapsed and died on the evening of 1 April. | |
| That examination, carried out by Dr Freddy Patel, concluded Mr Tomlinson had diseased heart and liver and a substantial amount of blood in the abdominal cavity. | |
| "His provisional interpretation of his findings was that the cause of death was coronary artery disease," said the statement. | "His provisional interpretation of his findings was that the cause of death was coronary artery disease," said the statement. |
| "A subsequent post-mortem examination was conducted by another consultant forensic pathologist, Dr Nat Cary, instructed by the IPCC and by solicitors acting for the family of the late Mr Tomlinson. | "A subsequent post-mortem examination was conducted by another consultant forensic pathologist, Dr Nat Cary, instructed by the IPCC and by solicitors acting for the family of the late Mr Tomlinson. |
| "Dr Cary's opinion is that the cause of death was abdominal haemorrhage. The cause of the haemorrhage remains to be ascertained. | "Dr Cary's opinion is that the cause of death was abdominal haemorrhage. The cause of the haemorrhage remains to be ascertained. |
| "Dr Cary accepts that there is evidence of coronary atherosclerosis but states that in his opinion its nature and extent is unlikely to have contributed to the cause of death." | "Dr Cary accepts that there is evidence of coronary atherosclerosis but states that in his opinion its nature and extent is unlikely to have contributed to the cause of death." |
| The statement concluded that both the opinions remained provisional and subject to further investigations and tests. | The statement concluded that both the opinions remained provisional and subject to further investigations and tests. |
| In a response, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said: "Following the initial results of the second post mortem, a Metropolitan police officer has been interviewed under caution for the offence of manslaughter as part of an ongoing nquiry into the death of Ian Tomlinson." | |
| The IPCC launched a full-scale investigation of the death after video footage revealed the officer's contact with Mr Tomlinson, despite earlier reports to the contrary. The officer involved has been suspended from duty. | |
| Jules Carey of Tuckers, the family's solicitor, said: "The video footage of the unprovoked and vicious assault on Ian by the police officer would easily justify charges of assault being brought against the officer. | |
| "The findings of Dr Nat Cary significantly increase the likelihood that the officer will now face the more serious charge of manslaughter". |