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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown

IOPC investigating response of West Midland police in death of Priory patient

Priory Hospital Woodbourne
The Priory Woodbourne in Birmingham where Matthew Caseby was admitted. Photograph: Priory Group

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the response of West Midlands police into the death of a 23-year-old man who ran away from a mental health hospital and was killed by a train.

The IOPC also said it had served a police inspector with a notice that they were under investigation for misconduct.

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