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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Olivia Diaz

Manslaughter charges dropped in a man's death at a psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric-Patient-Death - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A Virginia judge has signed off on a prosecutor’s request to withdraw charges against two people charged in the 2023 death of Irvo Otieno, a young man who was pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes while being admitted to a state psychiatric hospital.

Dinwiddie Circuit Court Chief Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. approved prosecutors' motions on Friday to drop involuntary manslaughter charges against Kaiyell Sanders and Brandon Rodgers, two Henrico County Sheriff’s deputies charged in Otieno's death.

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