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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Margaret Davis

Prosecutions for murder or manslaughter after deaths following police contact

Twelve police officers have been prosecuted for murder or manslaughter following deaths in custody or following police contact since 1990, according to the charity Inquest (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

There have been 12 cases where a police officer has been charged with murder or manslaughter following a death in custody or following police contact since 1990, according to the charity Inquest.

During that time, there have been 1,905 such deaths in England and Wales, including 83 fatal police shootings.

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