The inquest into the death of Edson Da Costa, following restraint by the Metropolitan Police, will open on Tuesday 7 May 2109, and is expected to continue to 4 June 2019.
Sean Rigg, suffering from mental ill health, died of a cardiac arrest following restraint deemed ‘unnecessary’ and ‘unsuitable’ by an inquest jury in in 2012.
The Government should invest the millions of pounds spent on police overtime in employing more officers, says the Police Federation of England and Wales.