The family of Ian Tomlinson, who collapsed after being hit by an officer at the G20 protests in London, have accused the police of engaging in a cover-up to stop them finding out the truth.

In an interview with The Guardian, (view here) they said they felt they had been pressured by the City of London police, Scotland Yard and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) not to speak out, as it could jeopardise their case- but could no longer keep quiet.

Not only were the family prevented them from viewing Tomlinson's body for six days after his death, police initially tried to persuade them that there was nothing suspicious about his death, provided them with only an edited version of the Post Mortem which detailed none of the injuries he had sustained from police to cause internal bleeding.