Lewis Power KC achieves stunning acquittal in Manchester Metrolink manslaughter case

Lewis Power KC‘s client has been unanimously acquitted by the Jury in respect of the charge of unlawful act manslaughter in this matter of national importance.

The case involved four Manchester Metrolink employees accused of the restraint of an initial who suffered a cardiac arrest and died some weeks later.

The case mirrors that of the George Floyd case in Indianapolis in the USA where security personnel were said to have knelt on the neck of the victim.

Lewis led Robin Kitching of Deans Court Chambers and was instructed by Tuckers Solicitors Manchester.