Monthly Archives: January 2010
Inquests fail to restrain the police
from the Mikey Powell Campaign
9th January 2010
The following is the full unedited version of an article written by Simon Hattenstone.
Simon Hattenstone is a writer for the Guardian, and the following article has been produced on this site with his consent.
See version published on The Guardian website >
(originally published: 27th December 2009)
Last Friday an inquest reached a shocking conclusion, though you’d be hard pressed to have heard about it. In a damning narrative verdict, the jury concluded that Mikey Powell had died from positional asphyxia following police restraint. An 8-2 majority at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall ruled that the sequence of events in the last few minutes of his life “made him more vulnerable to suffering death”.
Correction: Press Release
Note: This update should be read in conjunction with the original Press Release page.
We will update this and other press releases as and when necessary…
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Latest Amendment:
A small but important error has been pointed out:
Question 3 that was put to the jury by the Coroner read
If you have found that the cause of death was either Exertional sudden death in association with Sickle Cell trait or positional asphyxia, on the balance of probabilities did he become more vulnerable to suffering death in the way you have found as a result of one or more of the following:-
Powell family makes Rule 43 recommendations
from the Friends of Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice
2nd January 2010
The following are the recommendations under Rule 43 * put to the Coroner by the family’s legal representatives following the jury verdict on 18th December 2009.
These recommendations are compiled not only in relation to Mikey’s case but to other similar cases both in the West Midlands region and nationally.
* About Rule 43
Under Rule 43 of the Coroners Rules (as amended with effect from 17 July 2008) Where:
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