A police officer was unable to find a knife on Sheku Bayoh - with a search revealing he was carrying a packet of chewing gum and a mobile phone, the inquiry into his death heard today.
Giving evidence on Thursday morning, Pc Ashley Tomlinson said he had been asked by colleague Pc Craig Walker to "check for a knife".
The pair were responding to calls from members of the public about a black man acting "erratically" with a large blade in Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Sunday May 3 2015.
