Three police officers will be charged with the killing of Robin Goodenough, who died in police custody in east Oxford more than a year ago.

The Crown Prosecution Service has advised detectives that the three Thames Valley officers should be charged with the manslaughter of Mr Goodenough and causing him actual bodily harm.

Mr Goodenough, 26, of Brampton Road, Barton, Oxford, died after he was arrested in September, last year, in Alma Place, east Oxford, on suspicion of driving a stolen car.

He was driving his sister's Vauxhall Astra, but was driving illegally. He stopped breathing after he was removed from the vehicle by police.

The CPS has confirmed that the police officers to be charged are: Pc Robin Shane, Pc John Shatford and Pc Paul Summerville.

The three men will be charged by officers from Hampshire Constabulary, which conducted the investigation on behalf of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

The CPS has advised Hampshire police that there is insufficient evidence to charge a fourth officer, who was arrested and questioned in connection with the case.

Mr Goodenough's mother, Glenys, 63, said she felt "mixed emotions" following the announcement.

She said: "It has been a year of absolute agony, and it has taken such a long time for this decision to be made.

"It can't bring Robin back, but at least we are one step closer to knowing the truth."

Thomas Goodenough, 33, Robin's brother, said: "We have been through 14 months of hell. This will mean a court case which will be difficult, but we need to know what happened."

The IPCC, which supervised the police inquiry, announced its completion in May. The Goodenough family has previously accused the CPS of dragging its feet.

A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service's casework directorate, which deals with sensitive and complex cases, said: "We have given advice to Hampshire and as a result of that advice, three police officers will be charged with manslaughter and ABH."

A Thames Valley Police spokesman said they were legally restricted from commenting because proceedings were now active.

Mr Goodenough had a long record of car crime, and a few hours before his death he had been released from Bullingdon Prison where he had been on remand.

Magistrates sentenced him the day before he died to a three-year community rehabilitation order and banned him from driving for two years, after he admitted driving while disqualified and with no insurance.