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Inmate dies in hospital following attack at Mountjoy Prison

An inmate who was attacked at Mountjoy Prison last week has died. The Irish Prison Service said the prisoner was seriously injured in an incident on Friday. The man, aged in his 30s, died in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. A spokesman for ...

03 Aug 2022 at 10:10

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Inmate dies in hospital following attack at Mountjoy Prison

03 Aug 2022 at 11:33

Sheku Bayoh death had significant impact on police involved, inquiry told

The family of a man who died in police custody are “not the only people who have been affected adversely” by his death seven years ago, a former officer has said. Alan Paton was one of nine officers involved in restraining Sheku Bayoh when ...

11 May 2022 at 16:55

Sheku Bayoh’s behaviour before death linked to drug intoxication, inquiry told

The rapid change in Sheku Bayoh’s mental state and behaviour before his death was consistent with someone under “psychostimulant intoxication”, an inquiry has heard. An expert witness told the inquiry into his death that one of the drugs ...

11 May 2023 at 15:50

Joint fatal accident inquiry to be held into two deaths in police custody

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of two men in police custody. Declan Gallacher died in custody at Clydebank Police Office in West Dunbartonshire on December 23, 2018 and David Berry died at Govan Police Office in ...

28 Mar 2023 at 09:23

Senior officer visited Bayoh family amid ‘highly charged’ response, inquiry told

A senior policeman felt sending family liaison officers to speak to the relatives of Sheku Bayoh may have worsened the “highly charged” response following his death so he instead decided to visit them himself, an inquiry has heard. ...

31 Aug 2023 at 17:20

Scotland

Police statements soon after Sheku Bayoh death ‘inappropriate’, inquiry told

A retired chief superintendent has told the Sheku Bayoh inquiry it would have been “wholly inappropriate” for police officers to have made statements shortly after his death. His comments come in light of a Police Investigations ...

30 Aug 2023 at 16:03

Scotland

Prisoner death rate more than trebled in a decade, report reveals

A total of 350 people died while in prison in Scotland between 2012 and 2022, a new report has shown – with the death rate having more than trebled over the period. Research published by the Scottish Government shows the rate ...

30 Aug 2023 at 16:05

Race ‘main factor’ in police response to Sheku Bayoh’s death, inquiry told

A detective said it was “blindingly obvious” after Sheku Bayoh’s death that “race was the main factor” in the police response, an inquiry has heard. Father-of-two Mr Bayoh, 31, died after he was restrained on the ground by ...

01 Sept 2023 at 16:54

Scotland

Head of deaths in custody group felt ‘patronised’ by prison service, MSPs told

The chairwoman of a group tasked with implementing change to decrease the number of deaths in custody has said she felt “patronised” by the prison service. Gill Imery was appointed to head up the Deaths in Prison Custody ...

20 Sept 2023 at 19:11

Skin colour was not factor in terrorism concerns, Sheku Bayoh inquiry told

Concerns about terrorism “had no reference” to the skin colour of a man who died in police custody, an inquiry has heard. Retired assistant chief constable Ruaraidh Nicolson told the Sheku Bayoh inquiry on Wednesday ...

13 Sept 2023 at 17:17

Scotland

Family of woman who died in YOI granted partial legal aid for inquiry

The family of a woman who took her own life in a young offenders institution are receiving partial legal aid for representation at an inquiry into her death, a court has heard. A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into ...

15 Sept 2023 at 13:44

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