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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod Minchin

Church caretaker’s police restraint death to be examined by jury

PA Media

The death of a church caretaker who died after being restrained in police custody more than a decade ago is to be examined by an inquest jury, a coroner has ruled.

Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest after being held down, handcuffed and placed in restraints – with a webbing belt wrapped around his face for five minutes and two seconds.

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