New CCTV footage contradicts prison death evidence

New CCTV footage contradicts prison death evidenceTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Newly obtained CCTV footage shows the period leading up to the restraint incidentByLucy AdamsScotland social affairs correspondentPublished2 hours agoThe BBC has obtained previously unseen footage of a man who died after being restrained by prison officers, which contradicts the version of events put forward by officials.BBC News took Scottish ministers to court earlier this year after they refused to hand over CCTV footage of the moments leading up to the restraint incident after which Allan Marshall died.Prison officers had previously claimed the 30-year-old, who was on remand for unpaid fines and breach of the peace, had smashed up his cell and covered himself in excrement.The new footage shows Marshall, from South Lanarkshire, walking calmly through the prison for four minutes, lightly guided by three guards.Marshall was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in 2015 when he was restrained face down by up to 17 prison officers. He died four days later.To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Previously released CCTV shows prison officers restraining Allan MarshallIn evidence to a fatal accident inquiry, officers talked about Marshall behaving erratically and aggressively and their belief he had taken a legal high.He was being moved to the prison's segregation unit because of his actions during the night and officers said he needed a shower after a dirty protest.However, the newly-released footage shows Marshall walking topless through the prison corridors.He does not appear to be covered in excrement as officers had claimed and he is not behaving erratically as he is led to the shower room.Footage of the restraint incident, which occurred outside the shower room almost 20 minutes later, has been in the public domain for years.However, a court cas...