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Inquest set to conclude into death of black man restrained by police
Diane Abbott, Ginario Da Costa (right), the father of Edson Da Costa, and Esa Charles, father of Rashan Charles who died after contact with police at a protest in 2017
A BLACK man who died after police restraint had a happy childhood and did well at school, an inquest jury has heard.
Edir Frederico Da Costa, known as Edson, was born in Portugal and moved to Britain aged five.
He left school with seven GCSEs and dreamt of being a football manager but later fell in with the wrong crowd and ended up in trouble with the police.
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