The inquest into the death of a teenager at a youth jail has been adjourned for four months.
Jurors have sat through five weeks of evidence surrounding the death of Gareth Myatt, 15, at the Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in April 2004.
Judge Richard Pollard adjourned the case at the Diamond Centre in Irthlingborough, Northants, so judges in London could rule on a legal issue.
Gareth, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, choked to death at the centre.
Judge Richard Pollard was due to begin summing up the case, but he told jurors the hearing would have to be put back until the middle of July.
"There are some legal matters that need to be resolved by a court in London"
He said: "I am going to have to adjourn this case, actually for a few weeks.
"That's not a decision taken lightly. There are some legal matters that need to be resolved by a court in London before we go on.
"That is nobody's fault."
Gareth was the first child to die while being restrained in custody when he choked to death at the centre near Daventry.
He was held down by two male officers and a female colleague using the Home Office-approved seated double embrace restraint, after lunging at an officer during a row over a toasted sandwich maker.
Gareth is said to have died from "positional asphyxia" after choking on his own vomit as he was held down in the hold, which has since been banned by the Home Office.
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