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Nick Forbes

Sheku Bayoh family in ‘brutally honest’ meeting with Police Scotland chief

The family of Sheku Bayoh, who died in police custody in 2015, have met with the chief constable of Police Scotland (family handout/PA) - (PA Media)

The family of a man who died in police custody have held a “brutally honest” meeting with Scotland’s top police officer, in the wake of a decision by the Deputy First Minister not to extend an inquiry into the death to examine why no prosecutions were brought.

Sheku Bayoh, a father-of-two, died after he was restrained by around six police officers who were called to Hayfield Road in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3, 2015.

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