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Published On: Tue, Sep 3rd, 2013

Family wins judicial review of Seni Lewis 2010 death

Olaseni Lewis died in 2010 after he collapsed during a prolonged restraint by the Met Police.

Olaseni Lewis

Olaseni Lewis

Lewis has been restrained three times, once by hospital staff and twice by police officers.

The family claims he was handcuffed and held for 40 minutes face down at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, Kent, during two prolonged periods by a total of 11 officers.

Lewis died four days later.

The officers in question will be interviewed under caution by the IPCC as part of a new inquiry.

Lewis was a 23-year-old IT graduate with a degree from Kingston University and planned for postgraduate study.

The High Court decision marks the conclusion of a bizarre set of circumstances which saw the police watchdog back the Mr Lewis’s family’s attempts to have its original flawed inquiry quashed and a new one established.

Ajibola Lewis, the dead man’s mother, said: “We are relieved that the way has finally been cleared for a proper investigation into Seni’s death, even if it comes three years late. 

“We hope that both the IPCC and the Met will now allow light to shine upon the truth about Seni’s death.”

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