The defendant was acquitted when forensic pathologist Iain West testified that the post mortem examination had been so "cack-handed" that the bruising may have been inflicted by Lannas, and the prosecution informed the jury that her conclusions were "suspect" and could not be relied on as evidence. In May 2000, two men had their convictions for manslaughter quashed when it was disclosed that Lannas had testified at their trial that the victim had been killed by a stab wound and had no other injuries. Subsequent examination found a potentially fatal skull fracture. A 2001 disciplinary tribunal alleged that Lannas's pathology work "consistently fell substantially short" of expected standards and there were "substantive deficiencies" in "her technical approach and medical knowledge." In February 1999 Gardner's family brought a civil suit against the police for compensation. In popular culture The incident has been the subject of a number of poems including: The Death of Joy Gardner by Benjamin Zephaniah Teeth by Jackie Kay See also Death of Jimmy Mubenga Death of Cynthia Jarrett References Notes Bibliography External media 1953 births 1993 deaths Criminal trials that ended in acquittal Deaths by person in London Deaths in police custody in the United Kingdom Law enforcement in England and Wales Manslaughter trials Metropolitan Police operations Protests in the United Kingdom Race-related controversies in the United Kingdom History of the London Borough of Haringey