Des Taviner was a character in the British police procedural television series "The Bill." According to the search results, the character was beaten to death in his cell while awaiting trial for the murder of his colleagues. His heavily beaten body was discovered in 2004, and efforts to revive him failed, leading to the station becoming a murder scene. Des was pronounced dead at the hospital. After his death, he was mentioned in connection with the second Sun Hill fire in 2005. His final appearance was in the episode "End of the Road").