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Jury rules Rashan Charles's death in police custody an accident
His family brand the inquest into his death a ‘farce’
THE INQUEST into the death of Rashan Charles was branded a “farce” today after a jury found his death after being detained by police was an accident.
Mr Charles, 20, died in hospital in the early hours of July 22 last year shortly after he was chased by an officer into a shop in east London, tackled to the ground and restrained.
A “golf ball-sized” package, later found to contain a mixture of caffeine and paracetamol, was removed from his throat by paramedics who attended the scene.
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