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Alan McEwen

Sheku Bayoh family fury over ban on cop testimony at public inquiry being used in prosecutions

The family of a man who died in police custody have reacted with fury over a proposed ban on prosecuting officers using evidence they give at a public inquiry.

The inquiry is being held into the 2015 death of Sheku Bayoh after he was restrained by officers responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

At a preliminary hearing in Edinburgh on Tuesday, inquiry chairman Lord Bracadale heard arguments over the seeking of an “undertaking” from prosecutors.

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