Police evidence gathering on the day Sheku Bayoh died has been criticised by a former high ranking detective who was called to assist with the investigation into the incident.
Retired detective chief inspector Keith Hardie, 60, told the inquiry into Mr Bayoh’s death that his main role was to provide a handover of Police Scotland’s involvement in the incident.
Mr Bayoh, 31, had been seen brandishing a knife in public in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in May 2015 before being restrained by six police officers in the town’s Hayfield Road. He fell unconscious and died a short time later.
