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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ryan McDougall

Senior officer visited Bayoh family amid ‘highly charged’ response, inquiry told

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A senior policeman felt sending family liaison officers to speak to the relatives of Sheku Bayoh may have worsened the “highly charged” response following his death so he instead decided to visit them himself, an inquiry has heard.

Retired chief superintendent Garry McEwan, who oversaw policing in Fife at the time, was giving evidence to the inquiry into the 31-year-old’s death for the third day on Thursday.

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