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Jury finds 10 failings contributed to suicide of detainee
A general view inside Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre

THE suicide of a young Polish man at a Home Office detention facility was fuelled by a catalogue of failings from the officers charged with his care, an inquest found today.

Marcin Gwozdzinski, 28, was found hanging in a cell at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow in September 2017.

A jury at West London Coroner’s Court has now probed his death and concluded today that authorities had missed “significant warning signs” and there was a “systemic failure.”

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