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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Anthony France

Met officers cleared over death of homeless man who swallowed cocaine at Croydon police station

Two Metropolitan Police officers accused of failing to properly care for a homeless man who died after swallowing drugs have been cleared of wrongdoing.

Mikias Tekeste, 30, collapsed from multiple seizures in a cell at Croydon custody centre following his arrest.

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