The Latest Breaking News from Sheku Bayoh

Concerns over the way the national Police Scotland service is run, and how it tackles local issues, have led to a call for greater local control.

THE pathologist who examined Sheku Bayoh after he died said his struggle while being restrained has to be considered a “major” part of what led…

A damning report published in March found the UK’s largest police force rife with ill-treatment of women, ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ officers. Louise Casey found London’s Metropolitan Police to be “institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic”, and recommended radical reform – or breaking up the Met.

It opens in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Chief Superintendent Nicola Shepherd told the inquiry that she recognised that the fact that Sheku Bayoh was black and a Muslim could have potential to raise concern in those communities.

An inquiry into the circumstances around Mr Bayoh’s death is continuing.

Mr Bayoh’s former partner used social media to post her concerns about how she had found out about the death, the inquiry heard.

A FORMER high-ranking detective has told an inquiry that telling police officers the results of Sheku Bayoh’s post-mortem before they gave…

Retired detective chief inspector Keith Hardie, 60, told the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry he would ‘absolutely’ have concerns about sharing test results.