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• Police in Cardiff restrained a man shortly before he died in the early hours of Saturday morning.
• The 30-year-old man died at 1am after what South Wales Police have referred to as a “medical episode” with emergency services attending at Glyn Collen, Pentwyn.
• The case has been handed over to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
• South Wales Police are also being investigated by the IOPC over the death of Mohamud Hassan in January 2021, with misconduct notices served to several officers who still patrol Cardiff streets.

Image: a still taken from a video appearing to show a man being restrained in Pentwyn, Cardiff.

A 30-year-old man has died in Pentwyn, Cardiff after police contact in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The news comes as a video circulated on social media which appeared to show South Wales Police (SWP) officers manhandling an unidentified man in the area that night.

Two people in the video, who appear to know the man, try to identify him. The video then cuts to what appears to be the same area the following day, with a police cordon around it, and a voice says ‘that’s where the kid died.’ 

The camera is pointed at what appears to be the exact same spot where the man was being restrained by police. 

The incident at Glyn Collen involved a man, yet to be named, who died after emergency services were called to the scene at around 1am.

The force has released a short statement that describes the death as what “appears to be a medical episode with no suspicious circumstances.”

Details of the case have been handed over to the IOPC. voice.wales asked the police why the death had been referred to the IOPC, as the force gave little detail to the press about the officer’s involvement with the man at the scene before his death. 

A SWP spokesperson said: “Police forces in England and Wales have a statutory duty to refer to the IOPC any incident involving a death which has occurred during or following police contact.”

Unlike other incidents, The IOPC has not released a public statement in the days since the death, but has been contacted for comment and further detail.

The death in Pentwyn comes after South Wales Police officers are also under investigation over the death of Mohamud Hassan in January 2021. The 24 year old Black man died just hours after leaving police custody with injuries, and told family and friends he had been assaulted by cops. 

Multiple misconduct notices have been handed out to South Wales Police officers over the death, including for excessive use of force. But the police have said that officers under investigation are still on the beat in and around Cardiff.

Protestors have made efforts to highlight the lack of police accountability over the Mohamud Hassan case, with some activists facing intimidation tactics and fines for speaking up.

Police have said next of kin have been informed.