Mustafa Dawood Bakht ABDELKARIM (Mustafa Dawood) · Prevention of Future Deaths report

On 2/8/2018 an investigation was opened into the death of

Mustafa Dawood Bakht ABDELKARIM (Mustafa Dawood)

The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on: 5/11/21 when a jury determined the following:

The conclusion of the inquest was recorded as a narrative in the following terms

On 30th June 2018 Mustafa Dawood was working at the Shaftesbury Hand Car Wash on Albany Street in Newport. At 10:08 Immigration Officers attended to undertake an enforcement visit. Mustafa ran away from the Officer in Charge and was pursued into a warehouse. Mustafa climbed on shelving and then though a metal door eventually accessing the roof of the building. Mustafa ran across the roof and fell through some plastic roofing material into the room below. Mustafa sustained severe fatal head injuries and was conveyed to hospital. Despite the efforts of the officers at the scene to resuscitate Mustafa and the clinical teams, Mustafa died from his injuries at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff at 14:45 on 30th June 2018.

1. During the pursuit Mustafa started to climb and it was determined that the pursuit should be abandoned. Nonetheless officers remained relatively close and did not withdraw to a distance away from him. We consider that maintaining this proximity contributed to Mustafa’s death.
2. We consider the decision to abandon the pursuit was not effectively communicated to all officers and that could have been a contributing factor to Mustafa’s death.
3. The decision for the officer to keep his baton in a racked position could have contributed to Mustafa’s death
4. The officers were not appropriately trained in pursuit procedures, and this could have contributed to Mustafa’s death.

The medical cause of death was:

1a) Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage.

The circumstances of Mustafa’s Dawood’s death are set out in the narrative provided by the jury and need no further explanation

1. Training in Pursuit for Immigration Officers.

The jury heard that during the induction process all Immigration Officers are introduced to the Pursuit Policy. However none of the Officers had undergone training in pursuit or in how to make decisions in those stressful situations. The jury determined that the lack of training could have contributed to Mustafa Dawood’s death as has been reflected in their conclusion.