West Midlands police refers itself to watchdog over suspect who died in custody after being chased by cops on Christmas Day
- Man died on Christmas Day after he was chased by police officers and detained
- West Midlands Police referred themselves to watchdog, as standard procedure
- Post mortem is set to take place tomorrow to establish the man’s cause of death
West Midlands police have referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a man died in custody on Christmas Day.
Officers were called to The Green in Kings Norton, Birmingham in the early hours of Saturday morning at around 1:40am following reports of ‘suspicious activity’.
Following a brief foot chase, police detained a man and he was placed into custody – but he became unwell and died after a short while in hospital.
West Midlands Police have referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a man died in custody on Christmas Day
Pictured: The junction of Back Road and The Green in Kings Norton, Birmingham where officers were called to in the early hours of Saturday morning at around 1:40am
The incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and the Professional Standards Department (PSD), as standard procedure.
A post mortem is set to take place tomorrow to establish the cause of death.
A spokeswoman from West Midlands police said: ‘We responded to reports of suspicious activity on The Green, Kings Norton, at around 1.40am on Christmas Day (25 December).
Following a brief foot chase, police detained a man and he was placed into custody – but he became unwell and died after a short while in hospital
‘Following a brief foot chase a man was detained but he became unwell and was taken to hospital. He died a short time later.
‘A post mortem will take place on Monday (27 December) to establish the cause of death and our Professional Standards Department (PSD) have been informed, as is standard procedure.
‘We’ve also contacted the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), again as standard procedure in such circumstances.’
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