LONDON, March 27: British police officials were guilty of serious failings and unwitting racism over the death of a black ex-soldier in their custody eight years ago, an independent watchdog ruled on Monday.
Christopher Alder, 37, a former paratrooper and Falklands war veteran, died on the floor of the custody suite at Hull’s Queens Gardens police headquarters in April 1998 after being arrested following a fight outside a nightclub.
His last moments were caught on closed circuit TV as he choked to death on blood and vomit resulting from injuries he had sustained in the earlier fracas while officers ignored him and carried on chatting.—Reuters
