Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 29, 1953
Died
August 1, 1993
Age
40
Place of Birth
Jamaica
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Joy Gardner
Acting
Biography
Joy Angelia Gardner (née Burke, 29 May 1953 – 1 August 1993) was a 40-year-old Jamaican mature student living in London, England, United Kingdom. Gardner died after being detained during a police immigration raid on her home in Crouch End, when she was restrained with handcuffs and leather straps and gagged with a 13-foot length of adhesive tape wrapped around her head. Unable to breathe, she collapsed and suffered brain damage due to asphyxia. She was placed on life support but died following a cardiac arrest four days later. In 1995, three of the police officers involved stood trial for Gard…
Also known as
Joy Angelia Gardner