31 October 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

IPCC review upholds Mikey Powell’s family complaint

Mikey Powell inquest hears family’s account — Mikey’s sister (left) and mother

by: Mikey Powell Campaign
published: 31 October 2013

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have upheld an appeal by Claris Powell, the mother of Mikey Powell, that the West Midlands Police Chief Constable’s report to the West Midlands Police Authority (WMPA) on 25 March 2010 entitled “The Organisational Response to the Death of Michael Powell and Linda Burt” was misleading.

The Powell family maintained that the report was misleading about the findings of the 2009 Inquest jury ruling in relation to when and where Mikey died.

In December 2010 the Powell family solicitors made a series of complaints on behalf of Mikey Powell’s mother, Claris Powell.

28 October 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Coroner rules that young father died of ‘natural causes’

originally by: Voice Online
published: 21 October 2013

Relatives of a ‘healthy’ 24-year-old Birmingham man who died in hospital have been left ‘devastated and frustrated’ by the verdict of an inquest into his death. They have now resorted to lodging formal complaints to the General Medical Council and the Ministry of Justice.

Jonathan Malia died in Lister District General Hospital in Stevenage on January 17 this year after being transferred from the nearby Cygnet Hospital, a mental health unit, where he had been staying for nearly two weeks.

A coroner at Hatfield Coroner’s Court ruled that Malia died of natural causes on October 9, claiming he had a thrombosis, which triggered a pulmonary embolism.

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22 October 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Police fatally shoot man after family calls for medical assistance

by: The Huff Post
published: 10/08/2013

The family of a Georgia man, who was fatally shot by police on Friday, are refuting the officers’ account, saying the killing was unjust.

Police say Jack Lamar Roberson, a 43-year-old father of two, allegedly advanced toward them with two items he was using as weapons. However, Roberson’s family said he was in need of help and wasn’t threatening in any way.

Roberson’s fianceé, Alicia Herron, said she called 911 when she noticed him acting erratically after taking his pills to control his blood sugar. However, officers came to their home instead of paramedics.