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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

No sign of injury to officer from claimed stamping, say doctors, Sheku Bayoh inquiry hears

Campaigners outside Capital House in Edinburgh in May for the public inquiry into Sheku Bayoh's death.
Campaigners outside Capital House in Edinburgh in May for the public inquiry into Sheku Bayoh's death. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

The police officer who was allegedly stamped on by Sheku Bayoh in the minutes before his death as he was restrained did not have any obvious, significant injuries, according to three doctors who examined her.

Previously, two other officers had told the inquiry into Bayoh’s death in custody in Kirkcaldy in 2015 that they had witnessed him punch former PC Nicole Short, after which she fell on the ground and he “stomped” on her back.

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