R v Ian Tomlinson

June 19, 2012

The trial of PC Simon Harwood began on Monday, 18 June 2012 at Southwark Crown Court.  Mr Harwood is charged with manslaughter following the death of Ian Tomlinson, a newspaper vendor, at the G20 protests in London in April 2009.

At the inquest into Mr Tomlinson’s death in 2011, a jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing, leading the Crown Prosecution Service to bring charges against PC Harwood.

Jules Carey of Tuckers Solicitors is representing the family of Ian Tomlinson.

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