Ian Tomlinson inquest: special report

The Metropolitan police has finally apologised – not once but four times – to the family of Ian Tomlinson, who was unlawfully killed during the London G20 protests in 2009.

Simon Harwood, the police officer cleared of killing Ian Tomlinson, is sacked after being found guilty by a disciplinary panel of gross misconduct for discreditable conduct and use of force.

A police officer accused of the manslaughter of a newspaper seller during the G20 protests says he believed the man was being deliberately obstructive when he hit him and pushed him over.

PC Simon Harwood, the Metropolitan Police officer involved in the G20 protests death of Ian Tomlinson has been charged with manslaughter and will face trial.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission launches an investigation into fresh allegations that the police withheld evidence in the Ian Tomlinson case.

Ian Tomlinson’s family say they want to see Pc Simon Harwood go on trial for manslaughter after an inquest jury ruled he killed the newspaper seller unlawfully.

A Home Office pathologist, the second to conduct a post-mortem on Ian Tomlinson, rejects Dr Freddie Patel’s finding that the newspaper salesman died of natural causes. Simon Israel reports.

Dr Freddie Patel, the under fire pathologist of the G20 death, continued to insist that Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes despite two other reports claiming it was due to internal bleeding.

The pathologist who controversially found that Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes during the G20 protests has revealed he was requested by police “to rule out any assault or crush injuries”.

Ian Tomlinson said “they got me” as he lay dying on the floor, just minutes after being pushed to the ground by a police officer during the G20 protests in London, an inquest into his death hears.

Lawyers have challenged evidence provided by PC Harwood about Ian Tomlinson’s death, saying claims that Mr Tomlinson was “almost inviting” confrontation were absurd. Simon Israel reports.

The police officer who hit Ian Tomlinson with a baton and pushed him to the floor before he died tells an inquest that the newspaper seller posed no threat to anyone. Simon Israel was at the inquest.

Relatives of Ian Tomlinson stormed out of his inquest today after the police officer who struck the newspaper seller with a baton during the G20 protests said he wanted to “help the family”.

A Metropolitan police officer present when Ian Tomlinson was pushed to the ground during the G20 protests was “shocked by the forcefulness of the push”, an inquest has heard.

The pathologist due to give evidence at the Ian Tomlinson inquest has been suspended after being found guilty of serious misconduct in his reports into the death of a victim of the “Camden Ripper”.