Deaths in Custody

Azelle Rodney gun cop loses legal challenge

04 March 2014
The police marksman who shot and killed Azelle Rodney has lost his appeal against a public inquiry’s finding that the shooting was unlawful.

CPS to meet family of Habib 'Paps' Ullah

11 February 2014
The family of Habib “Paps” Ullah, who died during a stop and search in 2008, are set to meet with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) at the end of the month.

IPCC watchdog 'sorry' for falsely claiming Mark Duggan had shot at cop

21 January 2014
The investigation into Mark Duggan’s death has raised many questions, writes Annette Mackin

Leon Briggs inquest opens

14 January 2014
An inquest into the death of Leon Briggs has opened.

Justice for Habib "Paps" Ullah vigil

17 December 2013
The family and supporters of the Justice for Habib “Paps” Ullah campaign were set to hold a vigil outside High Wycombe police station on Friday of this week.

Cops stonewall investigation into police surveillance of Janet Alder

26 November 2013
Two police officers are stonewalling the investigation into the police surveillance of Janet Alder by refusing to answer questions put by investigators.

Investigations launched after deaths in custody

26 November 2013
A criminal investigation has been launched into eight police officers and two members of police staff after after Terry Smith died in police custody in Surrey. An investigation has also been launched into the death of Kevin McGurty whilst in police custody in Gretna, Scotland.

Eight police officers face criminal investigation over death of Terry Smith in custody

19 November 2013
Terry Smith died in police custody in Staines last week. Police had arrested Terry under the Mental Health Act.

Mark Duggan crime scene investigator describes chaos

12 November 2013
The inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who police shot dead in 2011, has heard of breakdowns in communication.

Mikey Powell appeal upheld

05 November 2013
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has upheld an appeal by the family of Mikey Powell that a 2009 report into his death was misleading.

Top cop grilled over ‘theory’ of gun at Mark Duggan Inquest

05 November 2013
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.

Defend the right to protest conference says - 'we must fight back against injustice'

29 October 2013
The need to fight injustice ran through the Defend the Right to Protest conference in London last Sunday.

‘We have to come together to fight for all those who have died in police custody’

29 October 2013
There were angry chants of “No justice, no peace” as the United Friends and Family campaign marched on Downing Street in London last Saturday.

Mark Duggan inquest - officers testify that Mark couldn't have thrown gun

29 October 2013
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.

Join London protest to demand justice over deaths in custody

22 October 2013
The fifteenth annual United Friends and Family campaign procession and rally was set to take place in central London on Saturday of this week.

Alder family's fight to get justice continues

08 October 2013
The family of Christopher Alder have been told nobody will face prosecution for giving them the wrong body to bury.

Mark Duggan cop ‘didn’t hear’ call to put gun down, inquest told

08 October 2013
The cop in charge of the firearms operation in which police shot and killed Mark Duggan said that he did not hear officers warn Mark to put down a weapon.

Cops grilled over Mark Duggan’s shooting

01 October 2013
Inquest hears from Mark’s mother and officer who ran gun unit that shot him, reports Simon Basketter

Did Duggan cop plant gun?

24 September 2013
A witness into the shooting of Mark Duggan is to tell the inquest into his death that she saw police “plant” a gun near the site of the shooting. Police shot and killed Mark in August 2011. The witness is known as Miss J. She claims that she saw an officer take a gun from a shoebox in a minicab and put it on the grass metres away from where Mark’s body was lying.

Family of Sean Rigg hold memorial to mark five years since his death in custody

27 August 2013
Marcia Rigg, family, and supporters at a vigil for her brother, Sean Rigg, on Wednesday of last week outside Brixton police station in south London, he died in custody here in 2008