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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kevin Rawlinson

Vigil to be held for man who fell to his death after Met police used Taser

Police tape near a scene of a suspected crime
Officers had been called to a block of flats in Peckham, south London, on 12 April amid reports the man was threatening to jump. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

A vigil is to be held for a man who died falling from his balcony after being shot with a Taser by police in south London, activists have said, as authorities appeal for his family and friends to come forward more than five months after his death.

The police watchdog, which is criminally investigating the actions of two Metropolitan police officers during the incident on 12 April, said it was trying to trace relatives of Zodoq Obatolah, 52, after he was formally identified at an inquest hearing on 1 September.

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