Protest over police custody death

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The family of a man who died after being taken into police custody have led a protest to highlight his death.

Nadeem Khan - known as Dean - died in hospital after falling ill at Burnley Police Station on 30 June.

Post-mortem tests failed to determine how the 28-year-old died and his family say there are unanswered questions surrounding the circumstances.

The protest by about 150 people was peaceful. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating.

About 150 people including family, friends and members of the community marched through Burnley before gathering outside the police station.

No trauma injuries

They laid flowers at the site before a two-minute silence in remembrance of his life.

Mr Khan was arrested in Brierfield at about 0900 BST on 30 June after reports of windows being smashed and violent behaviour.

After he became ill he was taken to Burnley General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1030 BST.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said a post-mortem had found no signs of trauma injuries.

Supt Neil Smith, who addressed the crowd with a prepared statement on Saturday, thanked all of those who took part for their co-operation.

"I would also like to stress that people should wait for the outcome of the IPCC investigation and not speculate or jump to conclusions which may be based on rumour," he said.

"All the questions asked today will be passed to the IPCC and will no doubt be subject to their on-going independent investigation."