Tuesday: Round up of today's press coverage

Evening Standard: Family of G20 protest victim Ian Tomlinson weep in court as Pc Harwood gives evidence

ITV: G20 death: PC accepts it was 'wrong' to hit Ian Tomlinson

Guardian: Simon Harwood: 'I was wrong to hit and push Ian Tomlinson' 

Mirror: "He looked like he wasn’t going to move"

Sky News: G20 Trial: Tomlinson Family Walk Out Of Court

Monday: Round up of today's press coverage

BBC News – G20 death: Tomlinson 'was obstructive'

Independent – Pc Simon Harwood claims Ian Tomlinson was 'almost inviting physical confrontation'

 ITV - PC 'shocked' by Tomlinson G20 footage

Channel 4 News:

PC Harwood trial date set after officer pleads not-guilty

Following the Plea and Case Management hearing on 17 October 2011, at which PC Simon Harwood denied charges of manslaughter for the death of Ian Tomlinson, a trial date has been set for 13 June 2012. His trial is expected to last four to five weeks.

Harwood showed 'no emotion' during the 20-minute hearing at Southwark crown court during which he pleaded not guilty.

PayPal donations

Thanks to everyone who has emailed to let us know the paypal function isn't working on the site. We know and are trying to get it fixed with paypal but it's taking much longer than expected. We'll put a note up on the website when it is working again. In the meantime if you want to donate please send a cheque - full details are in a posting lower down on this page.

Launch of Campaign Fighting Fund

Many, many thanks for the hundreds of e-mails and messages of support sent to the campaign yesterday. We can't possibly respond to them individually but it is really important to Ian's family to know that they have so many people supporting them.

Campaign Fighting Fund
The family have said they are going to carry on fighting for justice but are still considering all options about how to proceed and have not yet made any decisions in terms of future legal challenges yet. As and when they do, an announcement will be made on this website so please check back often or join our mailing list. At the moment if you want to donate money, it will go towards a general campaign fighting fund which will be put towards future campaign activities on the long road ahead to justice. Some people are asking about whether there is going to be a private prosecution - if the family decide in the future to do this it will announced here and any fundraising for that will be separate and announced at the time. Thank you to everyone for their continued support and interest.

You can either donate via the paypal button on the website or send a cheque made payable to 'Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign' and send to:

Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign
c/o Newham Monitoring Project
170 Harold Rd
London E13 0SE

DPP Rejects Charges over Death of Ian Tomlinson

The family of Ian Tomlinson are stunned by today's decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, to bring no charges over Ian's death. Starmer's statement is available here.

The family is urging everyone who is as horrified as they are about this decision to come to the protest organised outside of New Scotland Yard at 1pm today.

A further statement from the family will be available later.

One year on: approaching the anniversary

As the one year anniversary approaches, the family are still waiting on a decision from the Crown Prosecution Service about whether they propose to charge anyone in respect of the assault and death of Ian. 

News coverage

The Guardian: Ian Tomlinson family waits for answers one year on from G20 protests

Evening Standard: G20 widow protests to DPP over delays

IPCC Press Release on Complaint From Tomlinson Family

The Independent Police Complaints Commission have issued the following press release on the new complaint from the Tomlinson family:

IPCC to independently investigate complaint from family
of Ian Tomlinson

2 December 2009

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to independently investigate a complaint from the family of Ian Tomlinson.

The complaint alleges that an Acting Detective Inspector gave incorrect information to a pathologist involved in the third post mortem.

The family submitted a complaint to the IPCC on 30 November 2009.

Notes for editors:

A file was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service on 4 August 2009 following the completion of the IPCC's independent investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson .

The investigation is continuing concerning complaints made by Mr Tomlinson's family about the media handling following his death.

Issued by:

Trish Keville, IPCC press officer for London and south east on 0207 166 3130

Tomlinson Family Attend MPA Civil Liberties Panel

Five members of Ian's family attended a public event organised by the Metropolitan Police Authority's Civil Liberties Panel at City Hall today.

News coverage:

The Guardian: Investigation of G20 death 'cover-up' would be inappropriate, Ian Tomlinson's family told

Dave Hill's London blog in the Guardian

BBC: G20 victim's family 'frustrated'

The Sun: Police ‘in cover-up’ over G20 death Ian

The Metro: Relatives of G20 protest victim Ian Tomlinson demand answers and G20 police 'covered up dad's death'

The Evening Standard: G20 protest victim's family demand answers

DPP announces Tominson prosecution decision coming 'in a few months'

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has given an indication of the progress of the Crown Prosecution Service in reaching a decision about action to take in Ian Tomlinson's case.

"We've got the files and we're looking at them," he said. "Those questions are really hard, because I always feel as if we're stalling. I would hope [to have a decision] within a few months. My view on these things is we should move quickly. We've got it, we're looking at it, we want to go as quickly as we can, but it's not imminent."

Further details here.

Ian Tomlinson's family accuse police of cover-up over his death

In an interview with the Guardian, Tomlinson's widow, Julia, and son, Paul King, speak for the first time about the anger, hurt and frustration they have felt in the months since his death.

Further details here.

G20 police authorised to use 'reasonable force' minutes before Ian died

Metropolitan police commanders at the G20 demonstrations ordered officers to clear the streets of protesters using "reasonable force" if necessary, minutes before a police constable attacked Ian Tomlinson, says the report, by Denis O'Connor, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary.

Full story here.

Officer under investigation over Ian's death should not have been working for Met

The policeman being questioned over the death of passer-by Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April had been wrongly re-employed by the Metropolitan Police after leaving while facing a serious disciplinary charge.

Full story here.

Pathologist in first post-mortem is suspended

The Home Office pathologist who ruled that Ian died of a heart attack has been suspended pending investigations into his professional conduct.

Freddy Patel, who conducted the first post-mortem examination on the newspaper vendor from east London and concluded he died of a heart attack, has been removed from the government register of accredited forensic pathologists amid concern as to whether he has breached regulations.

Full story here.

Police floated imposter theory

A senior police officer who investigated the death of Ian Tomlinson told his family that the officer who struck him at the G20 demonstrations could have been a member of the public "dressed in police uniform".

Full story here