The police watchdog says it found no evidence that officers caused or contributed to the death of a man who had been detained hours earlier in Cardiff.

After a three-week inquest in Pontypridd, a jury has returned an open conclusion on the death of Mohamud Hassan. The 24-year-old British-Somali man was arrested on suspicion of breaching the peace after police were called to his Cardiff home on 8 January 2021.

He was driven in a police van to a police station. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said in a statement: "Mr Hassan was restrained by officers in the custody suite, before being carried to a cell and searched.

"He remained in a cell overnight and was then released without charge at around 8.20am on 9 January." Mr Hassan, a father-to-be, returned to his flat and was found dead at the same property around 10.30pm that night. The IOPC said a post-mortem "showed there was no physical injury sustained by Mr Hassan to explain a cause of death".

"The post-mortem evidence also stated there was no indication of the use of a Taser, or of weapons such as batons.