A lawyer involved in the Sheku Bayoh inquiry have been slammed for watching football on his phone in court.
A legal representative attending the inquiry has been reprimanded for inappropriate use of mobile phones in the hearing room after he appeared to be watching a football match while the inquiry into Bayoh's death was sitting on Wednesday. Lord Bracadale, who is chairing the inquiry, called the incident a "particularly egregious" example of the inappropriate use of mobile phones, before evidence was heard on Thursday morning.
He added: "I have no difficulty with mobile phones being used silently to make communications or matters relating to the inquiry, but inappropriate use within the hearing room is both distracting and disrespectful." Counsel for the Bayoh family, Claire Mitchell KC, submitted the representation on Wednesday afternoon.
