Video Shows Police Piling On Irvo Otieno Before His Death

Prosecutors in the US state of Virginia have released video footage which shows the final moments of a black patient who died in custody in a mental hospital.

Irvo Otieno, who was handcuffed and in leg irons, is seen being pinned down by a large group of police and medical staff.

Seven sheriff deputies and three medical staff are charged with second-degree murder in the black man’s death.

A grand jury on Tuesday indicted the 10 people accused in the case.

The prosecutor released video of the incident to the public on Tuesday.

Mr Otieno, who emigrated to the US from Kenya when he was four, was initially arrested on 3 March as the suspect in a possible burglary, a police news release said.

He was placed under an emergency custody order, used when it is believed that a person could harm themselves or others as a result of mental illness.