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Police Scotland take government to court over public inquiry into allegedly racist death in custody
Supporters of Skehu Bayoh outside Capital House, Edinburgh, where evidential hearings are due to recommence for the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh who died in May 2015 after he was restrained by officers responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife, October 1, 2024
A PUBLIC inquiry into the allegedly racist death of a man in custody has descended into a legal row between police and the Scottish government.
Police Scotland has applied for a judicial review into the handling of the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh.
The 31-year-old father of two died after he was restrained by around six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in May 2015.
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