Christopher Alder’s sister plans new legal challenge after ‘deeply disturbing’ evidence

Janet, sister of Christopher Alder - Image credit Wasi Daniju
Image credit : Wasi Daniju

all credits: Hull Daily Mail
published: 24 August 2020

The sister of Christopher Alder who died in police custody is continuing her battle for justice with plans to launch a legal challenge against South Yorkshire Police.

Former paratrooper Christopher, 37, died on the floor of the custody suite in Queens Gardens police station in Hull in the early hours of April 1, 1998. Read more.

After an inquest returned a verdict of “unlawful killing” in 2000, five Humberside Police officers stood trial for the manslaughter of Christopher, alongside misconduct charges.

However, the case collapsed and the officers were cleared.

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The families fighting for justice for indigenous deaths in custody

Policeman & Truncheonsource: Marie Claire
published: 21 August 2020

After Yorta Yorta woman Aunty Tanya Day died in December 2017, her children began looking for traces of her memory in her bedroom. They already had much of it close to their hearts.

Their mother, 55, was a proud community woman. She had helped run the co-op in her home town of Echuca and had assisted at the childcare centre. She was an excellent cook and used her skills to make big batches of food for elders and the community, as well as bake cupcakes with her grandchildren.

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Murder in the Car Park viewers want justice for Daniel Morgan’s family

Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan

source: Metro News
published: 29 June 2020

Murder in the Car Park viewers want justice for Daniel Morgan after his brutal death remains unsolved. Daniel was killed in 1987 in an axe attack in a south London pub car park, just three years after he had set up his own detective agency. There were no witnesses to his death.

Channel 4’s three-part docuseries tells the story of Morgan’s murder which, despite five criminal investigations and costing £30mil, still remains unexplained 33 years later.

Based on thousands of pages of documents, court testimony and often contradictory interviews, ‘Murder In The Car Park’ uses dramatic reconstruction, archive footage, and detailed interviews from many of the key people involved.

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