A lost brother (Pt 1) - A death in South Wales
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On the 17th February last year, in Newport, the family of Mouayed Bashir called 999. According to his parents he'd been suffering a mental health episode that morning. Nearly three hours later the 29-year-old had died after being restrained by police officers in his bedroom. So what happened?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manvim. |
| 0:02.0 | Today's episode is the first of a two-part series by one of our producers, Asif Fuchs. |
| 0:08.0 | It looks at the story of a young man who died after being restrained by police in South Wales last year, |
| 0:16.0 | and his family, who are still waiting for answers. |
| 0:20.0 | Before we begin, a warning. |
| 0:22.0 | The following programme contains some content that listeners might find distressing. |
| 0:31.0 | Bro! |
| 0:35.0 | Last July, I was in Newport in South Wales. |
| 0:38.0 | I was at Christchurch Cemetery on the northern edge of the city with my friend, Mohamed. |
| 0:48.0 | His younger brother, Mohamed, had driven us there. |
| 0:53.0 | Five months earlier, his other brother, Moyed, |
| 0:57.0 | died after being restrained by police in his bedroom. |
| 1:01.0 | Where Moyed is laid on the Muslim side of the cemetery as two entries there, actually. |
| 1:07.0 | And you've got the Christian side, and then this side is the Muslim side. |
| 1:12.0 | The circumstances surrounding Moyed's death are the subject of a coroner's inquest. |
| 1:18.0 | But right now, I'm standing with Mohamed, or Mo, as I know him, by his brother's grave. |
| 1:24.0 | There's a motorway running alongside the cemetery, a constant flow of cars rushing past. |
| 1:32.0 | Moyed's grave is covered in flowers. |
| 1:34.0 | There's a mini-pigot fence around it, and large block letters spell out brother and son. |
| 1:41.0 | It's mad to think that I'm here looking at my brother, and he's six feet under. |
| 1:51.0 | Peace be upon you, Moyed. |
| 1:55.0 | Every time we come here, we speak to him, Arabic. |
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