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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Man choked to death on drugs in police custody after officer 'failed to adequately search' him - watchdog

The police watchdog has found a Met officer "failed to adequately search or monitor" a man who choked to death on a package of drugs in police custody.

An inquest, which concluded on Thursday, determined Andrzej Kusper, 38, died as a result of foreign body airway obstruction.

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