Wpc Tells of Struggle to Breathe ; Custody Death:Woman 'Was Kept in Cuffs'

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A WOMAN who died following a cardiac arrest in police custody was kept in handcuffs as she struggled to breathe, an inquest jury heard.

A woman police constable told the inquest at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall that moving Linda Burt forward to remove her handcuffs while she sat in the back of a police car would have restricted her breathing further.

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Wpc Tells of Struggle to Breathe ; Custody Death:Woman 'Was Kept in Cuffs'

Ms Burt, aged 49, died following an argument with her elderly mother at her flat...

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