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Fury as armed officer who shot Chris Kaba to face disciplinary hearing

Martyn Blake, 41, was cleared of murder in October but will have to face misconduct proceedings over the shooting.

Evening Standard

Charity boss condemns planned anonymity for firearms officers accused of murder

Director of Inquest Deborah Coles said the change sets a dangerous precedent.

Evening Standard

Suspects detained by police denied essential insulin, cancer and epilepsy drugs, damning report claims

Exclusive: One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription again, report claims

The Independent UK

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Hillsborough families call for ‘all or nothing’ law as Labour expected to break pledge

Report released as Labour admits it will break promise to enact law by 36th anniversary and rewrites key proposals

The Guardian - UK

Hillsborough Law to prevent cover-ups ‘must be all or nothing’ – campaigners

The Prime Minister has previously pledged to introduce the law before this year’s anniversary of the tragedy.

The Independent UK

Four in ten who took their lives in prison were denied adequate healthcare

Exclusive: The scale of prison neglect uncovered as figures show almost half of prisoners who took their own lives didn’t get the care they are entitled to

The Independent UK

Campaigners express ‘deep concern’ over police accountability review

Groups including the charity Inquest have written to the Home Secretary urging against changes to inquest conclusions and misconduct hearings.

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Changes to law would give police ‘licence to kill’, UK rights groups warn

Review into accountability soon to report as police seek greater protection from prosecution over use of force

The Guardian - UK

Police on trial for shooting suspects to be given anonymity after Chris Kaba marksman forced into hiding

Yvette Cooper said it is vital that officers ‘are not put in further danger’ during criminal proceedings if they fire their gun in the line of duty

The Independent UK

Family of Chris Kaba ‘devastated’ over acquittal of police marksman

They said the verdict was a failure ‘for all those affected by police violence’.

Evening Standard

Prosecutions for murder or manslaughter after deaths following police contact

There have been 83 fatal police shootings since 1990 in England and Wales.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on the coroner’s role: if deaths can be prevented, they should be

Editorial: When inquests make recommendations, they must not be allowed to sink into a bottom drawer

The Guardian - UK

Justice review calls for end to child imprisonment in England

Rights organisations say child prisons remain inherently dangerous and result in poor outcomes on release

The Guardian - UK

Don’t leave Covid and Grenfell inquiries to ‘gather dust’, families tell Starmer

Coalition of groups calls on government to set up body to monitor whether recommendations are acted upon

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The Independent UK

Family of man shot dead by police consider legal challenge after jury finds he was ‘lawfully killed’

Hassan Yahya was shot dead before being put in handcuffs in Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Man’s jail suicide recorded as unlawful killing by Milton Keynes inquest

Coroner’s jury made first-ever finding after hearing of failings at Woodhill prison that contributed to Robert Fenlon’s death

The Guardian - UK

Mick Ryan obituary

Other lives: Teacher of politics and criminology at the University of Greenwich

The Guardian - UK

Man died after swallowing conkers at care home, inquest hears

Marcus Hanlin, who had Down’s syndrome and was on regime of pureed meals, choked after being left unsupervised, inquest told

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s an excuse to overreach’: families’ anger over UK police restraint deaths blamed on disputed condition

Acute behavioural disturbance and excited delirium have been cited in police watchdog reports and inquests into 44 deaths – but campaigners say it is pseudoscience

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK

Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypes

The Guardian - UK

Police lacked knowledge to spot danger signs in Newport death, inquest finds

Mouayed Bashir was showing symptoms of acute behavioural disturbance before he was restrained and had a cardiac arrest

The Guardian - UK

Family of man found dead on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to repatriate his body

Leonard Farruku’s family ‘facing a double tragedy with not being able to have his body back home’ in Albania

The Guardian - UK

Benjamin Zephaniah laid to rest in private funeral

Wellwishers are asked to plant flowers in Birmingham-born poet’s name or donate to Vegan Society or Inquest

The Independent UK

Benjamin Zephaniah fans asked to plant flowers in poet’s memory as funeral takes place

A family funeral for the poet and author took place on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

A ‘Hillsborough law’ would ensure the powerful have no place to hide

Letter: Institutional defensiveness remains the default position from state bodies in inquests and inquiries into state-related deaths, writes Deborah Coles of Inquest

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