No charges over unlawful custody death
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Your support makes all the difference.Police officers will not be charged over the death of a man in custody, despite an inquest jury's decision that he was unlawfully killed.
The Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence for proceedings over the death of 37-year-old Richard O'Brien, who died after being arrested in Walworth, south London, in April, 1994.
Last November the inquest jury returned an unlawful killing verdict and a transcript of the proceedings was passed to the CPS, which had previously decided against bringing any proceedings following an investigation supervised by the Police Complaints Authority.
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