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Immigration detainee may have died from overdose, inquest told

by Phil Miller
at West London Coroner’s Court

A MAN held in immigration detention may have died after taking an overdose of medication while on suicide watch, an inquest jury heard today.

Amir Siman-Tov, a 41-year-old migrant from Morocco, was held at the privately run Colnbrook immigration removal centre near Heathrow.

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