On the latest episode of Ambulance, the police were called by North West Ambulance Service to a patient who had recently walked out of Salford Emergency Department.  The lady had been in there after self-injuring and claiming to have taken an overdose and there was some suggestion she had ‘absconded’ from the ED.  She was […]

You will be aware of the ongoing manhunt for Abdul Ezedi after the terrible alkali attack in Clapham a few weeks ago.  The Metropolitan Police announced last week their working theory that Ezedi entered the Thames near Chelsea Bridge, the inference being he is now presumed dead.  The Guardian did a piece on the work […]

An inquest in Newport, Gwent has concluded after hearing three weeks of evidence, following the death of Mouayed Bashir in 2021.  The jury returned a short, narrative verdict concluding a finding his death was caused by cocaine intoxication, contributed to by Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD) following a period of restraint. His Majesty’s Coroner stated that police restraint did […]