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BBC Releases Footage Contradicting Officials on Marshall Death

6/26/2026

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The BBC released previously unseen prison footage that contradicts officials’ account of Allan Marshall’s death.
Marshall died in 2015 after being restrained face-down by up to 17 officers at HMP Edinburgh.
The BBC sued Scottish ministers earlier this year after they refused to provide the CCTV footage of the restraint incident.
The new video shows Marshall walking calmly for four minutes while three guards lightly guided him before the restraint.

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The BBC released previously unseen prison footage that contradicts officials’ account of Allan Marshall’s death.
Marshall died in 2015 after being restrained face-down by up to 17 officers at HMP Edinburgh.
The BBC sued Scottish ministers earlier this year after they refused to provide the CCTV footage of the restraint incident.
The new video shows Marshall walking calmly for four minutes while three guards lightly guided him before the restraint.