The jury at an inquest into the death of an ex-soldier who was tasered by police has been discharged after failing to agree about the way he died.
Spencer Beynon, 43, a former platoon sergeant from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, died on June 14, 2016 after officers were called by members of the public over concerns about his behaviour.
The inquest has been taking place at Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium in Llanelli over the last three weeks.
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Oliver West, one of the two officers who responded to the reports, told the hearing he had "no other option" but to fire his Taser at Mr Beynon, claiming the military veteran had stood and tried to charge at him.
Other witnesses, including Mr West's then colleague Pc Sian Beynon, have said they did not see Mr Beynon get to his feet before the officer discharged his weapon.
On Thursday, acting senior coroner Paul Bennett instructed the jury to record that Mr Beynon's death was as a result of a cut throat, and not the Taser.
However, on Monday a hung jury was announced and the jurors discharged after not being able to come to a majority decision on what to rule the death as.
A decision has not yet been made about whether there will be another inquest.
Mr Beynon's family said in a statement: "The family remain of the view that the coroner directed the inquest jury in the wrong way.
"If the coroner had directed the jury to make their own decision instead of insisting it was either suicide or accidental death this inquest would not have collapsed.
"It is obvious the jury did not agree with the coroner's direction given last Thursday.
"To think that as a family we will now have to go through this all again is heartbreaking, but we will do so to get justice for Spencer.
"The family believe the jury would have come to a conclusion, if they had been correctly directed."
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