Roger Sylvester (c. 196911 January 1999) was a mentally ill black man who died in north London after being detained outside his home in Tottenham by eight
1999
Police detained Sylvester under the Mental Health Act 1983, then took him to St Anne's Hospital, London Borough of Haringey,
In 2003, an inquest heard that Sylvester,
In 1999, forensic pathologist Dr death of Ian Tomlinson#Freddy Patel was reprimanded by the General Medical Council ( GMC ) for releasing medical details about Roger Sylvester to reporters outside an inquest hearing, Patel told reporters that Sylvester was a crack cocaine user, something his family denied.
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