Ontario’s coroner’s office is calling for Soleiman Faqiri’s jail cell death to be deemed a homicide.
“Inquest counsel is proposing homicide as the appropriate manner of death in this case,” coroner’s counsel Prabhu Rajan told jurors at the inquest into Faqiri’s death on Friday.
“In our view Soleiman’s death was a tragedy, a preventable tragedy,” Rajan said. “We don’t take this position lightly, but we believe the evidence points in this one direction.”
The proposed verdict was endorsed by The Empowerment Council, an advocacy organization for mental health and addiction service users.
Jurors at the inquest are tasked with determining the manner of Faqiri’s death,
