Briggs, 39, died after being restrained by police in Luton in 2013

The family of a man who died after being restrained by police in Luton will never be able to get over his death, an inquest has been told.

The inquest into the death of Leon Briggs, a 39-year-old father of two from a mixed ethnic background, opened on Wednesday before the senior coroner for Bedfordshire and Luton, Emma Whitting, seven years after he died.

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