Nadim Bashir appears at 3 week inquest into the death of a guest at a holiday park following his restraint.
Nadim BashirPaul Reynolds, died in hospital two days after the incident at the holiday park in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 14 February 2017, in which he became involved in an altercation with another guest.
Reynolds, who was also known as Paul Gladwell, was restrained by security staff before police arrived and moved him from a prone position to a seated position.
He was arrested, made to sit upright by police, handcuffed behind his back and carried to the police van while unresponsive. Police stopped the van when they realised he was unwell, began CPR and called for an ambulance. He was taken to James Paget university hospital, where he died two days later.
Following the inquest the Independent Office for Police Conduct announced that two Suffolk constabulary officers are to face a gross incompetency hearing in connection with Reynolds’ death.
Press coverage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-57076960
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/11/pontins-death-decision-to-restrain-man-unlawful-inquest
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