A police watchdog is still continuing an investigation - five months after a Huddersfield man died after being Tasered by police.

Adrian McDonald, 34, of Dalton, died on December 22 after he was Tasered by officers called to a house in Staffordshire following reports of a burglary.

Staffordshire Police referred the incident to The Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC, following standard practice in such cases, and Commission experts are now carrying out an investigation.

But a spokesperson for the IPCC said yesterday the investigation is still some months off completion.

Mr McDonald, had been living in nearby Stoke on Trent for a year.

Eye witnesses told on the evening of the incident, he was invited to a birthday party at the flat but for some reason became very distressed.

Armed police arrived at the scene and Tasered Mr McDonald. He became ill in a police van and died.

Shortly after Adrian’s death, his mother Germaine Phillips, was one of those who signed the petition which has now attracted more than 1,000 signatures, the majority from Huddersfield people.

The petition calls for police use of Tasers to be banned.