• Two investigations into professional conduct • Met police alerted officials about Patel in 2004 The pathologist who said Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes at the G20 protests has been suspended from an official government register and is under two separate investigations into his professional conduct, it emerged today. Freddy Patel, who conducted the first postmortem into Tomlinson which found he died of a heart attack, has been removed from the Home Office register of accredited forensic pathologists pending an inquiry, amid concern into whether he has breached regulations. His suspension means he is barred from undertaking any further postmortems in "suspicious death" cases. It also emerged last night that the Metropolitan police alerted the Home Office to concerns about Patel's performance in four suspicious death... [read full story]
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The policeman being questioned over the death of passerby Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April had been wrongly reemployed by the Metropolitan Police after leaving while facing a serious disciplinary charge.
The policeman being questioned over the death of passerby Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April had been wrongly reemployed by the Metropolitan Police after leaving while facing a serious disciplinary charge.
After the death of Ian Tomlinson, there was no talk of devastation, of lessons learned, of sadness and shock – just a lot of denial The contrast couldn't be greater. Commenting on two deaths apparently caused by police...
After the death of Ian Tomlinson, there was no talk of devastation, of lessons learned, of sadness and shock – just a lot of denial The contrast couldn't be greater. Commenting on two deaths apparently caused by police...
• Two investigations into professional conduct • Met police alerted officials about Patel in 2004 The pathologist who said Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes at the G20 protests has been suspended from an official government...
