The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that four tram staff members will be charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Jack Barnes. Mr. Barnes, a 29-year-old from Hull, was restrained by four “customer service representatives” responsible for monitoring anti-social behavior on the Metrolink tram system in Manchester in October 2016.
Tragically, Mr. Barnes passed away on December 2, just weeks after the incident occurred near Victoria Station in Manchester city centre. In March 2021, following an inquest, Senior Coroner for Manchester Nigel Meadows ruled the death as an unlawful killing, noting that the restraint “more than minimally, trivially, or negligibly contributed to the cardiac arrest.”
