United Kingdom: Doctor in court over custody death
Posted by ddani on 18 January, 2012
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guardian.co.uk on January 16, 2012 reported that a doctor called to assess an unconscious and intoxicated man who later died in police custody has been accused of manslaughter and "gross negligence" after spending just one minute examining him, a court heard. Dr Hisham El-Baroudy, 56, believed Andrzej Rymarzak, 43, who had been diagnosed with epilepsy, schizophrenia and had suffered a head wound during arrest, was "sleeping" and failed to carry out a detailed examination. Rymarzak, originally from Poland who was homeless, was found dead in a cell at Chelsea police station three hours after Baroudy declared him fit to be detained.
The original article can be found at guardian.co.uk.



