A man who suffocated a suspected burglar while performing a citizen's arrest in the street has been cleared of manslaughter. Nathan Smith knelt on Craig Wiltshire's back for nine minutes but claimed he thought the victim was lying when he said he couldn't breathe. Today a jury at Bristol Crown Court cleared Smith of manslaughter after four hours and seven minutes of deliberations.
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