A black NHS worker who was shot with a stun gun seven times in front of his child by Greater Manchester police officers is to push ahead with a damages claim against the force, lawyers have said. Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara was shot with a stun gun in front of his five-year-old son in a petrol station forecourt in Stretford on 6 May last year. A video of the incident, which was widely circulated on social media, showed Mombeyarara being shot with the electric weapon and slumping on the ground as his child cried and shouted: “Daddy.” The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found no evidence that the officers acted out of line with force or national policies. But lawyers acting for Mombeyarara said they and their client disagreed with the IOPC findings. A statement from Scott-Moncrieff & Associates, solicitors for Mombeyarara, said: “We are of the firm opinion that the extremely disturbing uses of a Taser on Mr Mombeyarara, as seen in the video that went viral, were unnecessary, inappropriate and therefore a disproportionate use of force. “We share Mr Mombeyarara’s disappointment concerning the general conclusions reached by the IOPC. We disagree with the IOPC that in this particular case it was appropriate to use a Taser as opposed to conventional physical restraint techniques. “It is ultimately for the court to determine whether the police use of force was proportionate in this case. Therefore, Mr Mombeyarara intends to bring a damages claim against the chief constable of Greater Manchester police in relations to the excessive use of force.” The IOPC said officers suspected the driver was intoxicated and that he did not comply when they tried to breathalyse him. When police tried to arrest him, the statement said, the incident “escalated” and “resulted in a Taser being discharged seven times”. The police complaints watchdog concluded the evidence “did not suggest that an officer may have acted in a way that justified disciplinary proceedings or committed a criminal offence, however, our investigation highlighted several areas of learning for [the] force and the officers involved in the incident”. It also found “no evidence to suggest the complainant’s ethnicity was a factor in the decision to use force against him”. Mombeyarara, 35, works at the Royal Manchester infirmary. His partner and his son’s mother, Beatrice Lovane, died after a fatal reaction to painkillers in August 2016. Her death received national media coverage after a coroner found paramedics failed to provide her with the most basic care and accused her of faking her illness.