Friday, 3 April 2009

"Police reported to have let a man die at G20 summit"

"Ian Tomlinson was thought to have been on his way home after work, when he became Kettled in at The Bank Of England" with hundreds of others," said protest organiser Marina Pepper

He reportedly suffered a heart attack and collapsed near Cornhill at 7.30 pm during Wednesday's protests"

Police are reported to have said "that they were pelted with bottles by protesters as they tried to reach him and unsucessfully give him first aid."

But other witnesses said demonstrators alerted officers to the emergency and allowed them to let him die in their lines"

Taken from the Metro Friday April 3 2009

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