Boy saw man pinned down in Sussex street by police and screaming after ‘Taser’, inquest hears

By Michael Drummond
Published 14th Mar 2019, 13:06 BST
Updated 14th Mar 2019, 14:15 BST
The incident happened near the junction of Wood Ride and Ryecroft in Haywards Heath. Picture: Google StreetviewThe incident happened near the junction of Wood Ride and Ryecroft in Haywards Heath. Picture: Google Streetview
The incident happened near the junction of Wood Ride and Ryecroft in Haywards Heath. Picture: Google Streetview
An epileptic man who died after being arrested was seen to be pinned down in the street and then carried into a police van.

A 15-year-old boy said he saw a ‘bright flashing light’ that might have been a Taser, after which a man screamed in a street in Haywards Heath.

Residents of Wood Ride in Haywards Heath told an inquest today that they heard the man ‘screaming’ and looked out their windows to see a ‘kind of struggle’.

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Storm Croydon, who lived nearby, said she realised ‘something had happened’ and saw police officers jump into their cars and drive off ‘really quickly’ from the scene.

An inquest into Duncan's death is taking placeAn inquest into Duncan's death is taking place
An inquest into Duncan's death is taking place

Duncan Tomlin, 32, from Burgess Hill, died in July 2014 following his arrest. An inquest into his death is taking place at Centenary House in Crawley.

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