The 6th of May 2013, is a day in the life of Julian Cole, that he would never forget. A day that caused him a spinal injury due to police brutality. For Julian Cole, it was like any other night at a nightclub in Bedford, but not until an encounter with the police.
Julian Cole was involved in a scuffle with bouncers and police officers outside the former Elements nightclub in Bedford in 2013.
Mr Cole had gone to the nightclub with a number of friends at about midnight, the misconduct hearing was told.
Counsel for Bedfordshire Police, Mark Ley-Morgan, said Mr Cole’s blood alcohol concentration suggested “moderate intoxication” that would not be associated with drunkenness.
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Julian Cole Brutalized
At about 01:26 GMT on 6 May Mr Cole was ejected from the club via a side door. He then went to the front entrance to ask for a refund as he should.
After staff refused to refund him, Mr Cole attempted to go back inside the club a number of times.
Staff radioed for police support and officers including; Sgt Andrew Withey, PC Nicholas Oates, PC Sanjeev Kalyan and PC Hannah Ross arrived.
At 01:41 Mr Cole approached staff again about a refund, but the security immediately handed him over to 6 police officers who were stationed outside the club. An altercation happened wherein which Julians neck was broken in what was described as a ‘hangman’ fracture; where the head is pulled back with excessive force.
The CCTV footage sees police dragging Julians limp body along the ground on the way to the van and they left Julian in the back of the van for 30 MINUTES.
Julian’s brain was deprived of oxygen due to his broken neck and he suffered extensive brain damage as well as having a heart attack.
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Julian Cole is now permanently paralysed and suffers from brain damage. He resides in a hospice where he receives 24hr care.
The police lied in their initial statements stating that Julian walked to the van and that he was “chatty”.
Following the discovery of the lies 4 of the police members involved were sacked. There were no charges pressed and no fines given.
Julian Cole is currently 26 years Old.
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