 Four men will be charged with unlawful act manslaughter over the death of Jack Barnes. Mr Barnes, who was 29, was restrained by public transport workers on the Manchester tram system in 2016, when he was held face down following an altercation at Manchester Victoria railway station. The dad, from Hull, died on December 2, 2016, weeks after the incident in Manchester which happened on October 11, 2016. Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime division, said: 'Paul Fogarty, 50, Brian Gartside, 59, Stephen Rowlands, 67, and Matthew Sellers, 29, who were staff members subcontracted by Metrolink at the time, are to be charged with unlawful act manslaughter. 'Mr Rowlands will also be charged with a single offence of perverting the course of justice relating to a witness statement. 'The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against these defendants are active and that they have the right to a fair trial. It is extremely important there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.' Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here.){kind=link}
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Four men will be charged with unlawful act manslaughter over the death of Jack Barnes.
Mr Barnes, who was 29, was restrained by workers on the Manchester tram system in 2016, when he was held face down following an altercation at Manchester Victoria railway station.
The dad, from Hull, died on December 2, 2016, weeks after the incident in Manchester which happened on October 11, 2016.
In March 2021, following an inquest, HM Senior Coroner for Manchester Nigel Meadows ruled the death was an unlawful killing and stated the restraint ‘more than minimally, trivially or negligibly contributed to the cardiac arrest’.