Julian Cole after his injuries Photograph: Family collection As a family it’s the start of a platform to get the rest of the truth out about who caused Julian the injury, so they can be brought to justice.” A fourth officer, Sgt Andrew Withey, was handed a final written warning after he was found to have failed on the same issue.Īfter the decision was announced, Cole’s brother, Claude, said: “We are happy that some of the lies have finally come out. “The false accounts were intended to mislead and divert attention from their actions as they inevitably came under scrutiny,” said John Bassett, chair of the panel.Īll three were also found to have committed misconduct after failing to conduct adequate welfare checks on Cole. The officers were found to have lied in both their pocket notebooks and subsequent statements to investigators about Cole’s condition when he was taken to a police van after he was restrained and arrested. He was just 19 years old when he suffered the life-changing injury. Since the incident outside Elements nightclub in Bedford in March 2013, during which he was twice tackled to the ground, Cole, a talented athlete who was studying sports science, has been in a vegetative state, from which he will never recover.
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