Father warned police hours before officer Tasered son, inquest hears

No welfare check was carried out on Spencer Beynon after his father raised alarm, jury in Llanelli is told

The father of an ex-soldier who died after being Tasered warned police hours before the incident that his son, who had post-traumatic stress disorder, was insane" and needed sectioning, but no welfare check was carried out, an inquest jury has heard.

Police did not go to try to find Spencer Beynon, 43, or visit his father, Christopher Beynon, to obtain more details, but instead officers logged the call for intelligence purposes.