Watchdog says police statement suggesting Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore was ‘armed with a screwdriver’ is incorrect

A man who died after falling into the River Thames following a confrontation with police who repeatedly fired a Taser at him was carrying a firelighter, and not a screwdriver as previously claimed, the police watchdog has said.

The man came face to face with police who were called to reports of a disturbance on Chelsea Bridge, London, just after 9am on 4 June.

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