Boy was restrained face down by staff and others placed a towel around the door of his room to stop him leaving

A former student who was repeatedly restrained face down and once imprisoned for nearly five hours at a special school has been awarded £18,900 in damages.

The father of the student, who is now 25 and cannot be named for legal reasons, launched a claim against Mulberry Bush school in Standlake, Oxfordshire, on behalf of his son, who was a pupil there until 2009.