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'''Joy Gardner''' was a 40 year old illegal immigrant from [[Jamaica]] who was died during a struggle with the police at her home in [[London]] in [[1993]], which they had entered to serve deportation papers on her. Police used restraining equipment on Mrs Gardner and wrapped 13ft of tape around her head to prevent her biting them. They say that Mrs. Gradner violently resisted arrest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/279922.stm</ref> Mrs. Gardner fell into a coma following the incident and died. |
'''Joy Gardner''' was a 40 year old illegal immigrant from [[Jamaica]] who was died during a struggle with the police at her home in [[London]] in [[1993]], which they had entered to serve deportation papers on her. Police used restraining equipment on Mrs Gardner and wrapped 13ft of tape around her head which they later claimed was to prevent her biting them. They say that Mrs. Gradner violently resisted arrest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/279922.stm</ref> Mrs. Gardner fell into a coma following the incident and died. |
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The three police officers involved were found not guilty of her manslaughter at a trial in 1995. |
The three police officers involved were found not guilty of her manslaughter at a trial in 1995. |
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Revision as of 11:58, 12 March 2007
Joy Gardner was a 40 year old illegal immigrant from Jamaica who was died during a struggle with the police at her home in London in 1993, which they had entered to serve deportation papers on her. Police used restraining equipment on Mrs Gardner and wrapped 13ft of tape around her head which they later claimed was to prevent her biting them. They say that Mrs. Gradner violently resisted arrest.[1] Mrs. Gardner fell into a coma following the incident and died.
The three police officers involved were found not guilty of her manslaughter at a trial in 1995.
Campaigners claim that the police were brutal and used excessive force. Benjamin Zephaniah wrote a poem about the death called The Death of Joy Gardner [1]