Relatives say delay in seeing bodycam footage of officers using stun gun on Oladeji Omishore at Chelsea Bridge was ‘cruel’

The family of a man who died after plunging into the River Thames during a confrontation with police who repeatedly fired a Taser at him have condemned their “cruel” three-month wait to see bodycam footage.

The police watchdog launched an investigation, which is still under way, into Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore’s death after officers were called to reports of a disturbance on Chelsea Bridge, London, on the morning of 4 June.

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