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Officer quizzed on G20 protest death

By Michael Peel, Legal Correspondent

Published: April 17 2009 21:46 | Last updated: April 17 2009 22:37

A Scotland Yard officer has been questioned on suspicion of manslaughter after a post mortem examination found that a man he shoved to the ground during the G20 summit protests died shortly afterwards of internal bleeding.

The second pathologist’s report on Ian Tomlinson – a news vendor not involved in this month’s demonstrations in the City – contradicted the original conclusion that the death was caused by a heart attack.

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