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PCs cleared of ignoring man's 'I can't breathe'

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Two Metropolitan Police officers, who denied hearing a restrained and dying man say he could not breathe, have been cleared of gross misconduct.

PCs Danielle Barnes and Elizabeth McAleenan were accused of having failed to ensure the welfare of a member of the public after Kevin Clarke, who had paranoid schizophrenia, died at Lewisham Hospital in 2018.

It was also alleged the two officers lied under oath at an inquest into Mr Clarke's death in October 2020.

Mr Clarke's family said they were "deeply disappointed" after a misconduct panel ruled there was not enough evidence to prove either officer had heard him say the words "I can't breathe" and failed to take action.

Clarke family

Panel chairperson Catherine Elliott said they were unable to conclude the words "I can't breathe" were uttered by Mr Clarke and it therefore followed there could not be a misconduct finding.

Wendy Clarke and Tellecia Strachen, the mother and sister of Mr Clarke, s

Kevin Clarke (music historian)

Kevin Clarke (born 14 February 1967) is an Irish-German music historian specializing in 1920s jazz operettas.

Born in Berlin, Germany, Clarke is the author of various books dealing with topics such as the jazz and revueoperettas of the Weimar Republic, operetta in Nazi Germany, and homosexuality and operetta. Since 2006 he has been director of the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam (ORCA).

Writings

  • The Art of Looking: The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie (Bruno Gmuender, 2015).
  • Die Welt der Operette. Glamour, Stars & Showbusiness (Wien: Brandstätter, 2011), ISBN 978-3-85033-581-2.
  • "Im Himmel spielt auch schon die Jazzband". Emmerich Kálmán und die transatlantische Operette 1928–32 (Hamburg: von Bockel, 2007, ISBN 978-3-932696-70-1.
  • Glitter and be Gay: Die authentische Operette und ihre schwulen Verehrer (Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2007), ISBN 978-3-939542-13-1.
  • Im Weißen Rössl – Auf den Spuren eines Welterfolg (St. Wolfgang: Rössl Hotel, 2007), ISBN 978-3-200-01030-7.
  • Die Tagebüc

    Kevin Clarke wrote and directed his first play The Jackpot at the Finborough Theatre in 1987; as a result he was invited to join the first BBC Television Writers training course and commissioned to write for Casualty. His subsequent theatre play Transatlantic, written with US playwright Josh Goldstein, ran for three months at the Dramatis Personae Theater, New York. His third, Charity's Child played the Riverside Studios.

    Kevin has written over a hundred and fifty episodes of television drama, including Minder (with one episode described as "a classic" by the Daily Mail and "Arthur at the top of his form" by The Times) several for Wish Me Luck, and for Wycliffe including its final one; and the acclaimed twenty fifth anniversary three-part Doctor Who. He was a principal writer for four years on The Bill where he created the cult character Roxanne, launching the television career of Paul O'Grady's Lily Savage in what is regarded as one of the best episodes of the series ever made.

    Kevin's first original comedy screenplay Albert and the Lion wa

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