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Rashan Charles arresting officer will not face misconduct hearing
A man lays flowers outside a shop in Kingsland Road, east London, in memory of Rashan Charles

A METROPOLITAN Police officer will not face misconduct charges over the death of Rashan Charles who was restrained in an “unorthodox” way on a shop floor, a watchdog ruled today.

The young black man died last July after being chased into a store in Dalston, east London.

A post-mortem examination concluded that he died from a heart attack after a package he swallowed, found to contain a mixture of paracetamol and caffeine, blocked his airway.

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