An inquiry into the death of a man in police custody will consider "at every stage" whether the fact that he was black made a difference to his treatment.
Sheku Bayoh died in May 2015 after being restrained by officers who were responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The 32-year-old's family claimed race played a part in his death and criticised the subsequent investigation.An inquiry into his death, announced in December 2019, is considering issues including the circumstances of the death, the post-incident management and the extent to which events leading up to and following Mr Bayoh's death were affected by his actual or perceived race.A preliminary hearing took place on Thursday as part of the inquiry, which opened in November 2020.A
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