The 24 seconds that changed everything

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

In 24 seconds, everything changed for Saul Cookson's family. A tragedy that unfolded in an instant left a community in shock and the teenager's loved ones devastated.

A complex dissection of police tactics would follow at an inquest that would only add to his family's heartache. Saul, 15, lost his life on the afternoon of June 8, 2023, following a crash metres from his Salford home.

Riding a Sur-Ron electric motorbike, he was being followed by two Greater Manchester Police officers. He was fatally injured in what a jury deemed an 'unavoidable' collision with an ambulance on Langworthy Road.

Though offers were following him, jurors concluded he was not being 'pursued', 'according to police policy'. Following the hearing, the police watchdog said it had concluded cops in the case - who a coroner ruled should not be named - behaved 'appropriately and in line with procedures'.