The Police Integrity Commission believes criminal charges should be considered against five officers involved in the fatal pursuit of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti, and has asked the Director of Public Prosecutions to examine the case.

The 21-year-old Brazilian student died after a violent and "thuggish" chase through Sydney’s streets in March 2012, during which he was chased, stunned by Tasers 14 times, sprayed with capsicum spray, handcuffed and restrained by up to seven police at once.

An inquest last year ended with the State Coroner Mary Jerram referring the case to the PIC, saying the five officers had been involved in a "reckless, careless, dangerous and excessively forceful" pursuit of the Brazilian student through the CBD in the early hours of March 18.

She stopped short of finding anyone directly responsible for his death, but hit out at the evidence of many police, saying they acted with excessive force when they restrained him using pepper spray, multiple Taser shots, a baton, two sets of handcuffs and "half a tonne" of officers.