Ian Tomlinson did not die of heart attack, specialist tells inquest

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Ian Tomlinson did not die of heart attack, specialist tells inquest
Heart expert Kevin Channer appears to dispute cause of death of newspaper seller hit by PC Simon Harwood at G20 protests
Lewis guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 April 2011 20.04 BST

A leading heart specialist appeared to rule out the theory that Ian Tomlinson died of a heart attack at the G20 protests, at the inquest into his death has .

Tomlinson, a newspaper seller, collapsed and died less than three minutes after being hit with a baton and pushed to the ground by a police officer, PC Simon Harwood, during the demonstrations near the Bank of England.

He had been trying to get home from work at around 7.20pm on 1 April 2009 when he encountered the Metropolitan police officer.

Paramedics were unable to resuscitate Tomlinson, a father of nine, who was pronounced dead more than an hour later.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/18/ian-tomlinson-inquest-death-heart-attack-disputed

[Turborama]

1. K&R thanks for posting

Wishing his family can get some closure on this soon.