Family of Allan Marshall to sue prison service in Scotland over 2015 death in custody

Police and Crown Office also to face legal action in bid to hold authorities accountable

The family of a man who died in custody after he was restrained by 17 officers will sue the Scottish Prison Service, police and Crown Office in a last resort attempt to hold authorities accountable for his death.

Allan Marshall, 30, from South Lanarkshire, died in 2015 after he was restrained for at least half an hour at HMP Edinburgh. The father-of-two, who had an underlying heart condition, died in hospital four days later. His cause of death was recorded as brain injury due to cardiac arrest during physical restraint.