Philip Hulmes

Vulnerable man killed by a police taser

samtliga krediter: The Guardian
publicerade: 24 Augusti 2011
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A man who stabbed himself in the abdomen has died after being tasered by police officers. Philip Hulmes, 53, träffades med elektriska sonder från elpistol efter barrikadera sig i sitt hem i än Hulton, nära Bolton, on Tuesday night.

Det är tänkt en fråga släkting som kallas polisen till huset vid 08:30. Polisen fick höra att Hulmes, som var beväpnad med en kniv, hade låst sig i, gjorde hot och hade börjat sticka sig själv.

Officerare kom och slog ett hål i dörren. När de såg hans skador de kallade för Taser-utbildade tillbaka upp. Efter ytterligare misslyckade försök att tala honom ur huset de bröt in och använt elpistol.

Han togs till det kungliga Bolton sjukhus men han dog ungefär en halvtimme senare.
Utredningar som utförs av professionella standarder Branch och den oberoende Klagomål Polisen kommissionen kommer att inledas.

Greater Manchester polisen sade att officerare hade blivit hotade. De gick in i huset och distribueras en Taser. “Efter det var utplacerade, det blev uppenbart att han hade ett allvarligt självförvållad sticksår ​​i buken,” Polisen sade i ett uttalande. A Home Office post-mortem examination is due to be carried out later today.”

GMP Professional Standards Branch kommer att övervaka utredningen och kommer att göra en obligatorisk remiss till IPCC.

The commission is also investigating another death when up to 11 officers arrested a man after restraining him with pepper spray. The man became unwell and died in hospital within two hours.

Jacob Michael, 25, from Widnes, Cheshire, died after he became ill on Monday evening. He managed to flee police but was brought down on a grass verge close to his home and restrained.

Some witnesses expressed concerns about the arrest. The IPCC said pepper spray had been used and its investigators would carry out inquiries.

Cheshire police’s assistant chief constable expressed his condolences to the man’s family and friends. “I believe it is important for the community to know that the detailed post-mortem examination … found no physical injuries on Jacob that could be attributable to a cause of death,” ACC Philip Thompson said.

“Whilst pepper spray was discharged during the course of his arrest, there is no evidence that the use of pepper spray was the sole factor or indeed a contributory factor to Mr Michael becoming unwell some time after his arrest or as a cause of his death.”

He appealed for calm and said further extensive tests would help establish an exact cause of death.

Förra veckan, 27-year-old bodybuilder Dale Burns died in Cumbria after he was tasered and sprayed with pepper spray by police during an arrest. A post-mortem was unable to establish a cause of death.

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