22 July 2010

No charges in Ian Tomlinson case



This was filmed on 1 Aproil 2009 during the G20 protestss in London. Not long afterwards Ian Tomlinson died. The police officer in the above footage will not face charges over his death.

Today the Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said there was no prospect of conviction because experts could not agree on how Mr Tomlinson died....

Words fail

6 comments:

CalumCarr said...

Me too!

jams o donnell said...

The officer hs a case to answer even if it wasn't manslaughter

nursemyra said...

So the autopsy revealed nothing?

jams o donnell said...

There were three 0ne said natural causes, two said foul play. The one which said natural causes was performed by a pathologist who in under investigation

susan said...

You probably read about the police outrages at the most recent G20 in Toronto. $20 billion worth of security buys a lot of intimidation gear.

jams o donnell said...

I've read about some of the incidents, Some were utterly disgraceful!