As this poor man’s mouth was....with a belt.
Further you have no idea what I have experience in.
SnipMr Tansley called for an emergency restraint belt (ERB) and wrapped it around Mr Orchard's face.
Devon and Cornwall Police had authorised the US-made restraint device for use across the face to prevent spitting or biting.
A risk assessment of the belt by the force did not identify or refer to any risks to detainees when it was used around the head.
The force is being investigated for suspected offences of corporate manslaughter and offences under the Health and Safety at Work legislation.
Mr Orchard, who was 5ft 7in, was then carried to cell M6 by four officers.
He was placed chest-down on a blue mattress in the cell and searched while handcuffed and in restraints, with the ERB around his face.
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The ERB was distributed in the UK by Pro-Tect Systems Limited, the company that had its Taser licence revoked in 2010 after it was found to have supplied non-approved X-12 Tasers. These were used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat in Northumberland in July 2010.
A training manual for the ERB advised that it could be used to prevent a detainee from spitting or biting, claiming that this was a common scenario inside police vehicles.
The manual instructs those using the device about the head to do so lightly, without pressure.
This page was removed from the ERB manual in 2011 as it was uncommon for it to be used in this way, the court heard.
Devon and Cornwall Police did not receive the updated manual until they had a refresher ERB training session with the company after Mr Orchard's death.
Custody records show the force used the ERB around a detained person's face 55 times in the 12 months up to and including Mr Orchard's detention.
Giving evidence, all three defendants claimed Mr Orchard had posed a threat during his time in the custody unit and was saying “I'll bite your f****** face off”.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/thomas-orchard-custody-death-latest-police-cleared-exeter-devon-mental-health-three-officers-a7629156.htmlA tragic case ... but entirely off topic as it has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Scotland Yard will continue to pursue Madeleine's case as stated by Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick.
Please desist from derailing threads.