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Pilkington deaths: no charges against police

originally by: Hodge Jones & Allen
published: date unknown

Leicestershire Police announce that they will bring no charges against police officers in relation to their conduct leading up to the tragic deaths of Fiona Pilkington and Francecca Hardwick. Their misconduct investigation, which was recommended by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, has concluded with charges being “unproven” against four officers.

Solicitor acting for the family, Jocelyn Cockburn of Hodge Jones & Allen, has said:

“The Leicestershire Police decision has come as a shock to the family. I have tried to find out the reasons for throwing out the misconduct charges but have come up against a brick wall.

10 September 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

IPCC takes over Powell family van complaint investigation

all credits: Mikey Powell Campaign
published: 9th September 2011

IPCC to take over investigation into complaint against van officers

The IPPC are to independently investigate a complaint by Claris Powell, made following the jury’s verdict at the Inquest into the death of her son, Mikey, in a police van on the way to a police station. The IPCC made this decision on 27 May 2011, after Claris Powell threatened to judicially review their decision to allow West Midlands Police themselves to investigate the complaint against their own officers.

An Inquest jury found on December 18 2009 that Mikey had died in the back of a police van of positional asphyxia.

10 September 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Mark Duggan family accuse police of operating a ‘shoot to kill’ policy

originally by: The Guardian
published: 10th September 2011

The family of Mark Duggan, the Tottenham man whose death in a police shooting last month sparked five days of widespread riot and disorder, believe officers were operating a “shoot to kill” policy.

Duggan’s brother, Shaun Hall, 42, said ahead of Duggan’s funeral on Friday: “The police were clearly operating a shoot to kill policy that day. They are supposed to disable, not kill, suspects. If they hadn’t shot and killed Mark there would have been no riots.”

The family, in exclusive interviews with the Guardian, said they had been told that the bullet fired at Duggan’s chest after officers intercepted the taxi he was travelling in, would have killed him in seven to 12 seconds, giving him no prospect of surviving.