THE police watchdog announced today that the death of a black man nine days after officers used force to restrain him is to be reinvestigated.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said that it would look again at key elements in the case of 32-year-old Darren Cumberbatch, who died in hospital on July 19 2017.

The events leading up to Mr Cumberbatch’s death began when he suffered a mental health crisis at a bail hostel, McIntyre House, in Nuneaton, and took refuge in a toilet cubicle.