A black man who suffered with serious mental health issues died in police custody after telling officers "I can't breathe" as they restrained him, an inquest into his death has heard.
Kevin Clarke warned police "I'm going to die" as he was being arrested. The man was put into two sets of handcuffs but was "ignored" and then lost consciousness as he was taken to an ambulance, it is claimed.
The 35-year-old, a relapsing paranoid schizophrenic, had been living at the nearby Jigsaw Project, a residential support service, for about two years up until his death at Lewisham Hospital on March 9 2018.
He had been seen by officers earlier that day but was not sectioned despite concerns from staff at Jigsaw. An inquest at Southwark Coroners Court
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