No charges for Pc after man dies in custody

A Metropolitan Police officer will not be prosecuted after the death of a man in custody.

Kebba Jobe, 42, died when Pc Clinton Jackson restrained him during a struggle after a drugs search in Camden.

The Crown Prosecution Service made a number of criticisms of Pc Jackson's conduct but decided there was not enough evidence to mount a prosecution. The officer was criticised for not recognising the risk posed to Mr Jobe's life and failing to take a number of actions to assist him.

Mr Jobe's widow Jackie said: "I work for social services. If I had shown the same disregard for one of my client's lives that the Met showed for Kebba's I would expect to be prosecuted."

Mrs Jobe's solicitor called for the Met Commissioner and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to acknowledge the "serious failings" identified by the CPS.

Helen Shaw, co-director of Inquest, which campaigns on the issue of deaths in custody, said: "The IPCC now has the opportunity to demonstrate ... that such deaths will be taken seriously."