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Ian Glover
Ian Glover was removed from Pen 3 by two police officers and was
placed on his back on the ground. His brother Joseph attempted
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but was stopped by a police officer
who pronounced Ian dead and placed a jumper over his face. No
equipment was used to ascertain the presence of a pulse. The
evidence of Professor Usher was that he died of traumatic asphyxia,
and that his injuries would have created unconsciousness within ten
to twenty seconds and made death inevitable within four to six
minutes. This, however, was inconsistent with the evidence of his
brother, Joseph, which was not given orally to the mini-inquest but
indirectly via the Reporting Officer Geraldine Evans. She states (at
page 5B of the mini-inquest transcript for 4th May 1990):
"Sir, I have to include that I have spoken with Joseph this morning
and he wishes to state that in the gymnasium a doctor was present
and when he examined Ian he did in fact find a pulse and attempted
to resuscitate him for about fifteen minutes but was unsuccessful".
It is clear that these attempts at resuscitation would have taken place
during the period between 3.25pm and 3.40pm and suggest the
possibility both that Ian was alive after 3.15pm and that he might
have survived had there been a more timely attempt at resuscitation