9:56am Tuesday 30th December 2008
By Craig Evry
A 39-YEAR-OLD man who died in police custody in Bath is believed to have links to the Melksham area.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched an investigation into the death of a man at the station in Manvers Street last Tuesday night.
He had been arrested in Wells Road "for his own safety", according to the IPCC.
During a check, officers found the man unresponsive. He was taken to the Royal United Hospital but pronounced dead.
The IPCC will investigate the man's death and a post-mortem examination was held on Christmas Eve.
The IPCC said it would not be releasing details of the man's identity until the new year but the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News understands he has links to the Bowerhill area of town.
It is thought he has a young family, including a child of only a few months old.
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