A FORMER G4S employee at Brook House immigration detention centre denied today that he had attempted to throttle a detainee, telling an inquiry that he believed his actions had saved the man’s life.

Yan Paschali, a former staff member at the detention centre in the grounds of Gatwick airport, featured heavily in a 2017 BBC Panorama programme that uncovered mistreatment of detainees there. 

The programme showed shocking undercover footage of Mr Paschali appearing to strangle a detainee while leaning down and whispering: “Don’t fucking move, you fucking piece of shit. I’m going to put you to sleep.”