It’s that time of year again, where the Independent Office for Police Conduct releases their annual report about “deaths during of following police custody” and I dive in to search for various things. On this occasion, it didn’t take me long to see the report continues in a very familiar vein to those from previous […]

This post concerns a very interesting legal update about a tragic case in Merseyside, still working its way through the inquest process. In April 2023, Merseyside Police had contact with 26-year old Mr James Farley after members of the public called officers to a car park in Bootle where he was seen at height and […]

At the start of this week, an inquest opened in Nottingham after the death in 2022 of 26yr old Kaine Fletcher. Evidence was heard about the cause of his death and has now been adjourned until later in July when evidence will be heard from police officers, paramedics and others who were involved in the […]