Ramunas Paskauskas, 43, was accused of shoplifting and died after being restrained by two security guards for more than half hour in a branch of Sainsbury’s in Spalding, Lincolnshire on 8 January 2019 for “becoming aggressive and threatening”, reports LincolnshireLive.

The inquest into the man’s death heard that the security guards had little training in restraint and lowered Mr Paskauskas, who had been drinking, to the floor face down and restrained him there as he continued to struggle.

The security guards were then helped by Sainsbury’s staff who had no restraint training. Mr Paskauskas’ health deteriorated and he was taken to hospital, where he died of multi-organ hypoxic/ischaemic injury, respiratory and cardiac arrest and restraint in the prone position.

At the inquest hearing, the jury foreman said: “The detention was within a training room at the store. During the detention, Mr Paskauskas became erratic and his behaviour escalated to become threatening and aggressive, exacerbated by the alcohol consumed and his confusion over the situation and language barrier.

“While restraint was provided in a manner to counter the resistance being displayed by Mr Paskauskas, the security team had little training and experience of applying physical restraint or recognising the risks associated.”

Mr Paskauskas was born in Lithuania on 27 April 1975 and was living in Spalding at the time of the incident. His death was ruled as death by misadventure by the inquest jury.

(Source: LincolnshireLive)