A BILL governing the use of force against patients in mental health units moved a step closer to becoming law today after it was supported unopposed by MPs.

Tears and applause greeted the approval of mental health reforms known as “Seni’s law” in memory of the man whose death inspired them.

Olaseni Lewis, known as Seni to friends and family, died aged 23 in September 2010, just three days after he was restrained by 11 Metropolitan Police officers at Bethlem Royal Hospital in south-east London.