New CCTV footage contradicts prison death evidence

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Newly obtained CCTV footage shows the period leading up to the restraint incident By Lucy Adams Scotland social affairs correspondent Published 3 hours ago The BBC has obtained previously unseen footage of a man who died after being restrained by prison officers, which contradicts the version of events put forward by officials. BBC News took Scottish ministers to court earlier this year after they refused to hand over CCTV footage of the moments leading up to the restraint incident after which Allan Marshall died. Prison officers had previously claimed the 30-year-old, who was on remand for unpaid fines and breach of the peace, had smashed up his cell and covered himself in excrement. The new footage shows Marshall, from South Lanarkshire, walking calmly through the prison for four minutes, lightly guided by three guards. Marshall was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in 2015 when he was restrained face down by up to 17 prison officers. He died four days later. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Previously released CCTV shows prison officers restraining Allan Marshall In evidence to a fatal accident inquiry, officers talked about Marshall behaving erratically and aggressively and their belief he had taken a legal high. He was being moved to the prison's segregation unit because of his actions during the night and officers said he needed a shower after a dirty protest. However, the newly-released footage shows Marshall walking topless through the prison corridors. He does not appear to be covered in excrement as officers had claimed and he is not behaving erratically as he is led to the shower room. Footage of the restraint incident, which occurred outside the shower room almost 20 minutes later, has been in the public domain for years. However, a court case brought by Marshall's relatives meant new footage of events before the restraint was lodged with the Court of Session. Image source, Marshall Family Image caption, Allan Marshall died four days after being restrained by prison officers Despite this, it took months of legal wrangling for the BBC to obtain the footage. On more than two occasions lawyers for Scottish ministers said the previously seen restraint footage was the only CCTV they had. A Scottish government spokeswoman said it apologised for the failures that led to Marshall's death. "The ongoing legal proceedings mean it is inappropriate to comment further," she said. The new footage shows Marshall leaving his cell at 07:25 accompanied by three prison officers. It shows him coming down several flights of stairs, wearing tracksuit bottoms and no shoes or top. He appears to be clean and calm - and at certain points he is walking with no hold on him. At other points officers are using what is described as a "come along hold" – a light hold at his wrist. Image