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A MAN held in immigration detention died from misadventure after taking an overdose of painkillers, an inquest jury has found.
Amir Siman-Tov, a 41-year-old migrant from Morocco, swallowed a toxic amount of tablets while held at the privately run Colnbrook immigration removal centre near Heathrow on the morning of February 16 2016.
He was taken to the local Hillingdon Hospital but was discharged hours later and returned to Colnbrook.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD