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	Police learn Tomlinson officer could face manslaughter charge

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8-4-2009 6:02 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ea8d9c00-83eb-4e17-bcc7-4510dd248ff3/98E8A61F-7709-454C-84FA-277630E38EF5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry"><H1>Police learn Tomlinson officer could face manslaughter charge</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry"><P>The Metropolitan <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/police">police</A> learned today that one of its officers could face prosecution for the manslaughter of <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/g20-police-assault-ian-tomlinson">Ian Tomlinson</A> at the <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/g20">G20</A> demonstrations.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry"><P>The officer, a member of the Met's Territorial Support Group (TSG), struck Tomlinson with a baton and shoved him to the ground moments before he died.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry"><P>Announcing that it had completed its criminal inquiry into the newspaper vendor's death, the <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/ipcc">Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)</A> said it had handed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry"><P>Senior lawyers from the Special Crime Division of the CPS will now consider the evidence provided by the IPCC to decide whether to prosecute the officer, and if so, on what charges.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/04/ian-tomlinson-police-ipcc-inquiry"><P>The IPCC questioned the officer under caution for manslaughter in April. The officer came forward after the Guardian broadcast <A title="footage of him striking Tomlinson" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/apr/07/g20-police-assault-video">footage of him striking Tomlinson</A> with a baton and shoving him to the ground at the 1 April protests.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/98E8A61F-7709-454C-84FA-277630E38EF5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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