IPCC submits Reece Staples death in custody file to the CPS

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has submitted a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) concerning the death in police custody in Nottingham of Reece Staples in June last year.

Mr Staples, 19, was taken by ambulance to hospital after collapsing in a cell at Oxclose Lane police station at about 5 am on Sunday 7 June 2009, but was pronounced dead on arrival. He had been arrested just before 1.15 am in the Basford area on suspicion of causing criminal damage to a vehicle.

Nottinghamshire police mandatorily referred his death to the IPCC later that morning and an independent investigation was begun.

Five Nottinghamshire police officers have been interviewed by IPCC investigators under criminal caution, prior to a file of evidence being passed on to the CPS. It will now be for the CPS to decide whether any criminal charges against any police officers are warranted.

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