Spotlight on London murderous policing history, 1999: Roger Sylvester dies after ‘restraint’ by Tottenham police

On 19th January 1999 Roger Sylvester died, eight days after being after being arrested by police officers and taken to a psychiatric hospital. Restrained outside his home by eight police officers from Tottenham Police Station, he later collapsed and fell into a coma after being held down by officers for 20 minutes in a padded [ ]