IOPC investigating car wash worker’s fatal fall
An investigation has been launched into an immigration operation that led to a man falling to his death.
Immigration enforcement staff were called to a car wash in Newport on Saturday (June 30) at around 10am.
Following their arrival, a 23-year-old Sudanese man climbed onto an adjacent factory roof.
He was later found on the floor of a building next to the factory with critical injuries.
Despite being transferred to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, he was pronounced dead soon afterwards.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has taken initial accounts from the immigration enforcement officers involved and is recovering CCTV from the area around the scene.
Investigators have also spoken to Sudanese friends of the man living in the UK and are informing his next of kin in Sudan.
The investigation follows a mandatory referral from the immigration enforcement team in the Home Office.
Jonathan Green, IOPC lead for Home Office matters, said: “This was a tragic and shocking incident and my thoughts go out to the man’s family and everyone affected.
“We have a remit to investigate in certain circumstances where a death or serious injury occurs to a member of the public in the course of immigration staff carrying out their duties.
“We would like to assure everyone concerned by this incident that we have begun a thorough, independent investigation into exactly what happened on Saturday morning, and the planning of the operation.”
IOPC investigating car wash worker’s fatal fall
An investigation has been launched into an immigration operation that led to a man falling to his death.
Immigration enforcement staff were called to a car wash in Newport on Saturday (June 30) at around 10am.
Following their arrival, a 23-year-old Sudanese man climbed onto an adjacent factory roof.
He was later found on the floor of a building next to the factory with critical injuries.
Despite being transferred to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, he was pronounced dead soon afterwards.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has taken initial accounts from the immigration enforcement officers involved and is recovering CCTV from the area around the scene.
Investigators have also spoken to Sudanese friends of the man living in the UK and are informing his next of kin in Sudan.
The investigation follows a mandatory referral from the immigration enforcement team in the Home Office.
Jonathan Green, IOPC lead for Home Office matters, said: “This was a tragic and shocking incident and my thoughts go out to the man’s family and everyone affected.
“We have a remit to investigate in certain circumstances where a death or serious injury occurs to a member of the public in the course of immigration staff carrying out their duties.
“We would like to assure everyone concerned by this incident that we have begun a thorough, independent investigation into exactly what happened on Saturday morning, and the planning of the operation.”