Shortly after 16:30 on Sunday the 18th of June, officers were required to assist Gibraltar Health Authority ambulance personnel who were responding to a mental welfare incident at Sir William Jackson Grove.  

A statement from the RGP follows below:

Officers attended the scene where it was necessary for them to restrain  a 55 year-old vulnerable man who was threatening to self-harm with the  use of a knife. He also claimed to have taken a significant amount of  drugs.  

He was conveyed to St Bernard’s Hospital but, sadly, he passed away  late on Monday the 19th of June. 

When a death occurs following police contact, established procedures  dictate that an independent investigation should take place. Steps are  now underway to arrange this. A coroner’s officer has been appointed.