Roger Sylvester

Togħma morra tal-ġustizzja għall-familja Sylvester

Miġbura minn sorsi varji
ppubblikat oriġinarjament Jan 2005
Kwalunkwe aġġornamenti aħbarijiet fuq dan il-każ se jiġu elenkati fil-qiegħ ta 'din il-partita

The family of Roger Sylvester have expressed their anger after an inquest verdict that he was unlawfully killed by police was overturned by a High Court judge. Roger Sylvester, 30, minn Tottenham, tramuntana ta 'Londra, miet f'Jannar 1999 wara li jkunu ġew arrestati minn uffiċjali u meħuda fi sptar psikjatriku.

Huwa aktar tard waqa 'wara li ġiet miżmuma mill numru ta' uffiċjali għall- 20 minuta fil-kamra ikkuttunat fl-isptar.

Familja tiegħu qalu li ħassew let stabbiliti wara l-imħallef tal-High Court ssostitwixxa l-verdett ta 'qabel ma' verdett miftuħ. Eight Metropolitan Police officers had challenged the original verdict. The judge said on Friday that the unlawful killing verdict had to be quashed to ensure justice for both the officers involved and for Mr Sylvester.

Is-Sur Ġustizzja Collins qal li l-mod kif il-coroner kienu deskritti f'sinteżi fil-inkjesta f'Ottubru 2003 kellhom “konfuż” the jury. The judge said he would not order another inquest, u qal ebda ġurija fi kwalunkwe każ kriminali x'aktarx biex convict xi uffi `jal ta 'omiċidju involontarju.

L-uffiċjali tal-Pulizija Metropolitana involuti fl-arrest Roger laqa 'l-treġġigħ lura ta' dak li kien jissejjaħ “irrazzjonali” deċiżjoni.

The officers were suspended following the unlawful killing verdict but have now been reinstated. Mr Sylvester’s brother Bernard Renwick said the family was now withdrawing from the legal process “ta 'togħma qarsa fil-ħalq tagħna”, wara kważi sitt snin ta 'kampanji.

Huwa qal, “Mill-jum wieħed aħna qalulhom biex jistennew ftuħ, accountability and transparency. “Aħna sempliċiment riedu verità u, fejn ikun meħtieġ, ġustizzja. Instead we have had obstacles, dewmien, dieqa, smoke and mirrors and ‘just-ice’. Fejn hi l-ġustizzja?”

Sur Sylvester ta 70-il sena qodma omm qalet Sheila: “Kont Roger joqtlu xi ħadd?” The police officers who restrained Roger in a hospital room all claimed that he was lying on his side at the time of his death. But a previous inquest was told that nurses and medical staff at St Anne’s hospital in Tottenham, tramuntana ta 'Londra, saw Roger in a ‘prone’ wiċċ 'l isfel pożizzjoni.

Wara d-deċiżjoni tħabbret, Metropolitan Pulizija Federazzjoni president Glen Smyth għamel dikjarazzjoni li tgħid l-uffiċjali involuti kienu ġew soġġetti għal “kompletament inġusta pubbliku vilification.” He also called for “fundamentali tar-riforma” tas-sistema inkjesta u gruppi akkużati pressjoni u l-MPs ta 'kif jitwaħħal ruħhom li kampanji bħal dan li “jippromwovu l-interessi tagħhom stess”.

A inkjesta preċedenti kien sema li wara trażżin tiegħu, Roger kien fi koma għal sebat ijiem qabel ma jkunu ppronunzjata mejta fuq Jannar 18, 1999. The inquest jury returned a verdict that he died from brain damage and cardiac arrest due to breathing difficulties caused by restraint. In reaching its verdict, il-ġurija inkjesta kkonkludiet Sur Sylvester kienu ristretti għal ħin twil wisq, fil-pożizzjoni żbaljata, u ma ngħatatx ​​biżżejjed attenzjoni medika.

Ma kien hemm ebda ġustizzja għall-familja Sylvester fil-Qrati Irjali tal-Avukati-Ġustizzja għall-uffiċjali kienu argumentaw li l-inkjesta kienet b'mod żbaljat jistgħu jiġu trasformati għall-proċess kriminali sostitut, in which the police involved stood convicted of manslaughter. “Ma kien hemm ebda evidenza li ssostni d-deċiżjoni Sur Sylvester inqatel illegalment”, żammew.

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