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Sheku Bayoh

May 2023

  • Lawyer Aamer Anwar with members of Sheku Bayoh’s family arriving at Capital House in Edinburgh for the public inquiry into his death.

    Inquiry into death of Sheku Bayoh hears officer deny wanting to join BNP

    Alan Paton was involved in incident in Fife in 2015 in which 31-year-old died while being detained by police

February 2023

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    Sheku Bayoh: senior officer ‘shrugged shoulders’ when confronted over death, inquiry told

    Collette Bell says she thought ‘you don’t care’ when told of partner’s death by Ch Supt Garry McEwan

December 2022

  • St Andrew's Day march and rally - Glasgow<br>The sister of Sheku Bayoh, Kadi Johnston (centre) and Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar (right) during a anti-racism and anti-fascist march in Glasgow, organised by the Scottish Trade Unions Congress (STUC), as part of the annual St Andrew's Day march and rally. Picture date: Saturday November 26, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story SCOTLAND STUC. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

    Sheku Bayoh inquiry lawyer allegedly watched World Cup game during session

    Gordon Jackson KC, representing three police officers, alleged to have started watching match as evidence was given

November 2022

  • Sheku Bayoh’s sisters, Kadi Johnson (left) and Kosna Bayoh (right), in Edinburgh before the start of the inquiry.

    Lawyers at Sheku Bayoh inquiry upbraided for watching football

  • From left: Aamer Anwar, the family’s solicitor, with the Bayoh’s sisters Kadi Johnson, Adama Jalloh and Kosna Bayoh.

    Sheku Bayoh’s family facing ‘despicable’ racism, says inquiry chair

June 2022

  • Sheku Bayoh smiling in a pub.

    Sheku Bayoh inquiry: former PC denies telling grandfather he was ‘racist’

    Officer involved in 2015 Kirkcaldy fatal arrest dismisses relative’s recollection as ‘absolute nonsense’

May 2022

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    ‘Not possible’ Sheku Bayoh stamped on female officer, witness says

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    Sheku Bayoh inquiry: ex-officer says detainee had ‘superhuman strength’

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    Sheku Bayoh officer says he heard rib break as he attempted resuscitation

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    Officer fired CS spray at Sheku Bayoh despite lack of direct threat, inquiry told

  • Sheku Bayoh was ‘murdered’ in police custody, friend tells inquiry

  • Sheku Bayoh inquiry shown 3D image of scene where police restrained him

November 2020

  • Sheku Bayoh, who died aged 32 in police custody in May 2015

    Judge pledges 'inquisitorial' inquiry into Sheku Bayoh death

    Lord Bracadale urges full cooperation from Scotland’s police with death in custody inquiry

November 2019

  • Sheku Bayoh death<br>BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated family handout file photo of Sheku Bayoh. The family of a man who died in police custody in Scotland three years ago said they are "disappointed and disgusted" by the CrownÕs decision not to bring any prosecutions at present as a result. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday October 3, 2018. Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3 2015. See PA story LEGAL Bayoh. Photo credit should read: Family Handout/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    ‘Our brother shouldn’t have died like this,’ say Sheku Bayoh’s family

    Relatives of a man who died in police custody in Scotland are pinning their hopes on a public inquiry

November 2015

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    ‘Serious consideration’ to be given to holding inquiry into Sheku Bayoh death

    Assurance comes from Nicola Sturgeon during meeting with family of 31-year-old who died in police custody in May

September 2015

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    Sheku Bayoh's family meets Scotland's chief constable

    The family of the dead Sierra Leonean describes its discussion with Stephen House as ‘very robust and honest’

July 2015

  • Sheku Bayoh was sprayed with CS gas and pepper spray before being forced to the ground by four police officers, his family’s lawyer has said.

    Sheku Bayoh ‘may have asphyxiated after being held down by police’

    Evidence from postmortem into Sierra Leonean’s death in custody points at positional asphyxia as the cause, says his family’s lawyer
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