So, the police officer who assaulted and potentially killed Ian Tomlinson won't face prosecution. The main reason given by the CPS is that the different results of the post-mortems make it impossible to secure a conviction.

This is a tidy result for the Met, who clearly knew what they were doing when they rushed Tomlinson's body into a post-mortem by their favourite pathologist.

At the time, Lib Dem Shadow Justice spokesman David Howarth spoke out against the Met's actions:

Who chose the first pathologist and how? When the first post mortem came out saying natural causes so soon after his death, I thought that was too quick....At the very least, there now needs to be a full and independent public inquiry into the Tomlinson case, and the actions of the public authorities in the days after his death. Who knew what - and when?

David Howarth quoted in The Guardian

That call for an independent public inquiry is even more important now. Although Mr Howarth has now left parliament, Britcit fervently hopes other Lib Dems will decide to make waves on this issue rather than paddle happily in the shallows of the coalition.

The other question on which Britcit is unclear at the moment is why the officer is not to face any lesser charges, i.e. assault?