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Annette Mackin reports that expert witnesses contradict evidence of cop who shot Mark Duggan

Terry Smith died in police custody in Staines last week. Police had arrested Terry under the Mental Health Act.

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe gave an incorrect statement relating to the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster.

The inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who police shot dead in 2011, has heard of breakdowns in communication.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched a criminal investigation into the death of 39 year old Leon Briggs in police custody on Monday of last week.

A former Metropolitan Police commander told the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan that he was not told that Mark had pointed a gun at police before he was shot. Stuart Cundy, who was in charge of the Trident gang crime command, gave evidence at the inquest on Thursday of last week.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has upheld an appeal by the family of Mikey Powell that a 2009 report into his death was misleading. 

Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten, set on fire and murdered following rumours he was a paedophile.

A police firearms officer told the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan that he did not see Mark throw a weapon police allege he was carrying.

There were angry chants of “No justice, no peace” as the United Friends and Family campaign marched on Downing Street in London last Saturday.

The need to fight injustice ran through the Defend the Right to Protest conference in London last Sunday.

New evidence backs miners in the fight for justice over the Marikana massacre, reports Ken Olende