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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Police lacked knowledge to spot danger signs in Newport death, inquest finds

Mouayed Bashir
Mouayed Bashir died after being restrained by police in Newport in 2021. Photograph: Family handout

Police officers who restrained a highly agitated man before he had a cardiac arrest had “insufficient knowledge” of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD), an inquest has concluded.

Mouayed Bashir, 29, who had mental health issues, died after being restrained with his hands cuffed behind his back and his legs bound together at his family’s house in Newport, south Wales.

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