A heartbroken family desperate for closure and 'justice' are urging prosecutors to take another look at the death of a much-loved dad-of-two. Gavin Brown died in hospital eight days on from an altercation outside a pub in Stretford, aged just 29.
His inquest heard evidence on the events leading up to his death, including how he had been restrained by a member of the public outside the pub for more than six minutes, before jurors concluded his death had been 'unlawful'. But having been told by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) there was insufficient evidence to make a charge before the inquest, Gavin's family have been dealt the same 'devastating' blow again.
"I feel like it's a wound that partly scabs over," Sophie Penrose, Gavin's sister, told the Manchester Evening News. "Then it opens up again, but it's never fully closed.
