Jurors at Berkshire Coroner's Court heard Mr Medford was strip-searched by officers and he was taken to hospital for a scan to check if the drugs were being concealed internally.
Officers also did not find drugs on a third search of the father of eight after he was taken back to the station.
This is listed in all the usual suspects' social media as 'a death in police custody', and 'another case where the police have killed a black man'...
CCTV footage from the cell played in court showed him later removing a package from his trousers and swallowing it, which was not seen by the two constables on duty.
It was heroin and it killed the idiot. So while technically a 'death in custody', it was entirely by his own hand. Case closed?
Heidi Connor, senior coroner for Berkshire, said police should have "done more" and called for a review into how suspected drug users are monitored in custody.
What more should they have done, Heidi? How many more man hours should they have wasted on someone who's passing could only be said to have improved the country and caused a minor uptick in the overall IQ level?
"CCTV footage from the cell played in court showed him later removing a package from his trousers and swallowing it, which was not seen by the two constables on duty."
ReplyDeleteNot much of a search then.
Another one bites the dust ... in this case, white dust - waaaycist!
PC Tim Forrest, onion in hand, told the Coroner "On reflection, we need more powers for random stop and strip-search but if they was (sic) black we should 'alus' take 'em straight to hospital."
ReplyDeleteVivisection, then?
ReplyDelete"Not much of a search then."
ReplyDeleteClearly not, but maybe it wasn't in his pocket at the time... 🤢