The Latest Breaking News from Sheku Bayoh

The public inquiry into Sheku Bayoh's death resumed on Tuesday and is hearing evidence from medical experts including the forensic pathologist who conducted the post-mortem.

The public inquiry into Sheku Bayoh's death resumed on Tuesday and is hearing evidence from medical experts.

The inquiry into the death of Mr Bayoh resumed on Tuesday and heard evidence from the doctor who conducted the post-mortem examination.

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.

Mr Bayoh, 31, had been seen brandishing a knife in public in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in May 2015 before being restrained by six police officers in the town’s Hayfield Road.