Jimmy Mubenga

Jimmy Mubenga, 46, was a devoted Black father of five from Angola. Jimmy settled in London in 1994 with his wife Adrienne, who he had married two years before.

Whilst on a chartered deportation flight, Jimmy was restrained by three G4S officers. G4S is a multi-national corporation privately contracted by the UK government across security, defence and healthcare. At the inquest, a witness from the flight heard Jimmy say, "You're killing me. I cannot breathe", yet the officers continued and neither crew nor passengers came to help him. Within 20 minutes Jimmy had died.

His widow, Adrienne, began her campaign for truth and justice with a march from the Angolan Embassy to the Home Office a month after Jimmy was killed.

A six-week inquest was held two years after his death and found that Jimmy was 'unlawfully killed'. The inquest raised issues of a pervasive culture of racism within G4S, with evidence of racist texts between two of the officers who restrained Jimmy. 

The three G4S officers were later charged with his manslaughter and found not guilty by a jury.

In 2013, the Home Office issued an apology to the family.