New Case Profiles

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This section provides links to case profiles added within the last 3 to 6 months!

These are not necessarily recent or current cases. We are continuously adding new profiles to the site.

Last Updated: 7th December 2011

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Youth Cases:

Jake Michael
Jake Michael, aged 25, died on 22nd August 2011 after being taken to Runcorn police station. Officers from Cheshire police were called to Lacey Street, Widnes, at around 5.15pm on Monday after reports of a “disturbance” at a house. Officers used pepper spray while restraining him during the arrest.

Gail Kinchin
11th June 1980 witnessed a police tragedy when West Midlands officers accidentally shot a pregnant young girl while she was being held hostage. Gail Kinchin had been taken hostage by David Keith Pagett, the abusive, violent and controlling father of her unborn child.

Christopher Wardally
Christopher Wardally, 25, was pronounced dead after he was discovered by staff at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London on 12th June 2009. Staff tried to resuscitate him, but he died at the scene. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman soon launched an investigation into the death.

Adult Cases:

Mark Duggan
Mr Duggan, 29, was shot by officers on 9th August 2011 in Tottenham, London. Mr Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked London’s riots, did not fire a shot at police officers before they killed him, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said.

Michael Sweeney
The independent police watchdog is investigating after a father-to-be died in police custody on 18th April 2011 following an apparent altercation at a pub in east London. Friends of Michael Sweeney, 38, said he was in the Approach tavern, in Hackney, east London on Monday evening when police were called.

Osman Cameron
Osman Cameron The brother of remand prisoner, Alton Manning, who died following a violent struggle with prison officers nearly ten years previously also died after being taken into police custody. Osman, aged 45, was found dead in his hospital room on 24th January 2005.

Sharon Batey
Sharon Batey, 41, was arrested in Bradford on alcohol-related matters at approximately 3:55pm on Monday 7 July 2008. She was taken to Bradford Custody Office and detained, but later collapsed in her cell. She had been in custody since 4.30pm the previous afternoon.

Dorian Robert Mackie
Dorian died after being taken to a NHS MH hospital against his wishes. There has still not been a comprehensive police investigation into his death in ‘suspicious circumstances’.

Dale Burns
27 year old Dale Burns, on died 16th August 2011 after being shot with a Taser by police in England. The incident occurred last night when police were called to a flat in Barrow where the victim, who lived in the premises, was allegedly causing a disturbance.

Cases Abroad:

Kelly Thomas
An arrest that ended in the death of a mentally ill homeless man in Fullerton has many residents outraged and city officials looking for answers. At about 8:30 p.m. on the night of July 5 [2011], Fullerton police officers responded to reports that a man was trying to get into cars parked near a bus depot on South Pomona Avenue.

Baha Mousa
Baha Mousa, a 26-year old hotel worker from Basra, Iraq, died following an “appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence” carried out by British soldiers in “a very serious breach of discipline,” is what a public inquiry concluded. He died 36 hours after being taken into custody.

Anthony Graves
Anthony Graves was released from a Texas prison on 27th October 2010 after Washington-Burleson County District Attorney Bill Parham filed a motion to dismiss all charges that had resulted in Graves being sent to death row 16 years previously.

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“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”