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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Scottish Prison Service admits human rights law breach over death in custody

Allan Marshall
Allan Marshall was restrained for at least 40 minutes at HMP Edinburgh and died in hospital after four days in a coma. Photograph: JustRight Scotland

The Scottish Prison Service has admitted breaching human rights law by causing the death of a man who was restrained by 17 officers and has apologised to his family.

In a series of unprecedented admissions, Police Scotland and the Crown Office accepted they similarly breached Allan Marshall’s right to life under article 2 of the European convention on human rights when they failed to carry out an adequate investigation into his death in custody.

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