Police ‘handcuffed dying suspect they had run down’

POLICE officers restrained and handcuffed the son of an economist as he lay dying after being struck by an unmarked car, according to witnesses.

Video shows Arthur Holscherermert, 27, on his back in the aftermath with officers attempting CPR while bystanders shout “you’ve killed him”.

Mr Holscher-ermert can be heard groaning in pain in another clip while he is held face-down in the road following the collision on Saturday night in Peacehaven, East Sussex.

Mr Holscher-ermert, whose father Jens Holscher is an economics professor at Bournemouth University, died at the scene after being struck by a black BMW driven by Sussex Police.

A friend said they believed Mr Holscher-ermert was being pursued because he was driving without insurance but police have not commented on any alleged offence.

Witnesses told The Times that the police car swerved over the central line to strike Mr Holscher-emert, who was on foot.

Officers then went to handcuff the man while he lay on the ground bleeding from his head.

A bystander, named only as Matt, told the paper he was standing about 60 yards away when Mr Holscher-emert was knocked down. He said: “Their blue lights came on and the BMW swerved over the road and hit this bloke. They must have been going about 30mph.

“The bloke was halfway across the road. The police car swerved across the road to hit him.”

The bystander and his friends ran over to see what had happened and he filmed on his phone.

“He was rolling around on the floor in pain and in shock. There was a pool of

‘My friend held his head till he died. The copper who was driving the car didn’t know what to do’

blood around him and they were still trying to cuff him.

“My friend held his head till he died. The copper who was driving the car didn’t know what to do.

“He tried to say he didn’t do it, but we saw him,” he said.

Mr Holscher-ermert’s family have called for justice. Sussex Police said the matter had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which will carry out an independent investigation.