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Scots dad died after being restrained for four hours 'by police and hospital staff' as family demand answers
15.02.2023 - 17:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of a Scots dad who died after being restrained by police and hospital staff for up to four hours during a mental health crisis are demanding answers about his death. Joseph Sneddon passed away at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on April 8, 2022, just two days after his worried family called for an ambulance over fears for his welfare.
The 37-year-old’s condition continued to deteriorate as he appeared ‘confused and agitated’ with hospital staff telling his sister that a ‘security guard would be sitting beside him at all times’ after he was moved wards while awaiting stronger medication. Police officers from Kirkcaldy were called to Ward 43.
Just hours later, sibling Laura received a follow up phone call telling her to come to the hospital as her brother had taken a turn for the worse.
When she arrived at the hospital with mum Jane, 64, and dad James, 71, they were told their loved one’s ‘heart had stopped’ and despite ‘working on him for 30 minutes’, Joseph couldn’t be saved. The family later discovered he had been restrained in a heavily redacted post mortem report which revealed his cause of death was “sudden death in a man with a significant acidosis following a prolonged period of struggling and restraint”.
The report added: “Mr Sneddon appears to have been restrained for at least a four hour period and during this entire time had been very agitated and was extensively fighting against the restraints”. He was found to have 34 separate injuries including cuts and bruises on his head, body, legs, arms and face.
Joseph’s family now want to know why he was restrained this way, how many hospital staff and police officers were involved and what restraint methods were used. They are also questioning the
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