Inquiry witness casts doubt on claim Sheku Bayoh 'stamped' on police officer
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who watched Sheku Bayoh being detained has told a hearing he did not think it was possible the 31-year-old could have stomped on a constable as described to the inquiry by police officers.
Kevin Nelson, who lived opposite to where Mr Bayoh was detained by officers in Kirkcaldy's Hayfield Road, watched from his living room window as the 31-year-old was arrested.
Mr Bayoh was pronounced dead in hospital after the incident on May 3 2015. PC Ashley Tomlinson has previously told the Edinburgh-based inquiry Mr Bayoh had punched PC Nicole Short, after which she fell on the ground, before "stomping on her back".
Angela Grahame QC, senior counsel to the inquiry, put to Mr Nelson the image of PC Craig Walker showing how he claimed the stomp happened. "Is it possible when his arms were raised and you saw him with his arms raised that he was stamping on the female officer?" the QC asked him.The 42-year-old said: "I don't think it's possible, no."He added: "She was down and had moved away from him, as soon as she was going down that's when he changed course." Ms Short, who no longer works at Police Scotland, has told the inquiry she was told Mr Bayoh had stamped on her head in the canteen following the incident.
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