Former G4S employee denies he attempted to throttle detainee, Brook House inquiry hears
An example of a detainee room on D Wing on the official opening of Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, next to Gatwick Airport in West Sussex
A FORMER G4S employee at Brook House immigration detention centre denied today that he had attempted to throttle a detainee, telling an inquiry that he believed his actions had saved the man’s life.
Yan Paschali, a former staff member at the detention centre in the grounds of Gatwick airport, featured heavily in a 2017 BBC Panorama programme that uncovered mistreatment of detainees there.
The programme showed shocking undercover footage of Mr Paschali appearing to strangle a detainee while leaning down and whispering: “Don’t fucking move, you fucking piece of shit. I’m going to put you to sleep.”
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