The family of a Scots dad who died after being restrained by police and hospital staff for up to three hours during a mental health crisis are demanding answers about his death. Joseph Sneddon passed away at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on April 8, 2022, just two days after his worried family called for an ambulance over fears for his welfare.
The 37-year-old’s condition continued to deteriorate as he appeared ‘confused and agitated’ with hospital staff telling his sister that a ‘security guard would be sitting beside him at all times’ after he was moved wards while awaiting stronger medication. Police officers from Kirkcaldy were called to Ward 43.
Just hours later, sibling Laura received a follow up phone call telling her to come to the hospital as her brother had taken a turn for the worse.
