Terence Channer, the family’s solicitor, said that the release of the footage piled additional heartache on Small’s family when they were looking to the police for support.

“There appears to have been a clear and extremely disturbing abuse of police powers, at a time when my client and her family were mourning the tragic death of her son”, he said.

“We now look forward to those responsible … being held fully accountable.

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