No action against police officer who tasered man that plunged to death

A WEST Midlands Police officer should not face misconduct proceedings for tasering a man who fell to his death from a window at a hostel in Birmingham, a police watchdog has ruled.

- BEN PERRIN

Police rushed to Lansdowne Road, in Handsworth, after reports that 34-year-old Ayuub Abdi had attacked and injured two residents and attempted to stab them.

Officers were directed to his room on the top floor, while others remained outside in case he should attempt to escape via an open window, which had the blinds closed.

Police footage showed one of the officers approaching Mr Abdi with his Taser drawn, as he believed he was still in possession of a knife.

Mr Abdi had got up from a sofa and was stepping on to the back of a chair next to it when the Taser was discharged, at which point he fell forwards out of the window in the early hours of September 6, 2023.