Dr Freddy Patel at Tomlinson inquest

Follow all the last developments from the courtroom as the former Home Office pathologist Freddy Patel, who concluded that Tomlinson died of a heart attack, continues to give evidence 10.21am: They jury has entered and we are about to begin. 10.00am: We’re about to start the second day of testimony from Dr Freddy Patel, the pathologist who concluded Ian Tomlinson died of a heart attack as a result of coronary artery disease. Two other pathologists concluded Tomlinson died of internal bleeding in the abdomen at the G20 protests, collapsing moments after he was struck with a baton and pushed to the ground by Metropolitan officer Simon Harwood around 7.20pm on April 1 2009. Yesterday Patel said a “process of elimination” led him to conclude Tomlinson, 47, had died of natural causes. The pathologist said that although he found a large amount of fluid in newspaper seller’s abdomen, it did not contain sufficient blood to lead him to believe internal bleeding had caused the death. He said he was also unable to find the cause of any bleeding. Patel also revealed that police who were present at the post mortem asked him to “rule out” whether Tomlinson had injuries consistent with an assault, and told him protesters “using sticks” were in the vicinity when he died. A senior detective also asked Patel while he was examining the body whether Tomlinson’s leg injuries were consistent with a baton strike and dog bite . This was on April 3 2009, so four days before the release of video footage showing Tomlinson’s encounter with police. Once again I’ll be live blogging all day. You can follow me on Twitter and you can email any questions or comments to me: paul.lewis@guardian.co.uk and I’ll do my best to respond. Ian Tomlinson Police London Protest G20 Dr Freddy Patel Paul Lewis guardian.co.uk

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