Monthly Archives: April 2011
100′s pledge support for family of Kingsley Burrell
originally by: Birmingham Mail
9th April 2011
Hundreds of people packed a city community centre to show their support for the family of a Birmingham father who died in police custody.
The public meeting at the African Caribbean Millennium Centre in Dudley Road, Winson Green, was organised by the family of Kingsley Burrell, 29, who died just days after he was arrested and sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation into his death. Kingsley’s sister Kadisha Brown-Burrell said her brother, who lived in Hockley, did not have mental health issues.
Proceedings against West Midlands Police chief
Long before the criminal trial and the Inquest, Mikey’s mother Claris and other family members issued claims against the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police because of Mikey’s death.
Once the Inquest was finished the family served details of their claims on the Chief Constable – this is the next step towards a trial in the High Court. The details are based on the evidence at the Inquest. The Chief Constable gave his defence on 25 June 2010 – he denies more or less everything.
Watchdog investigates death of Birmingham man
originally by: BBC News
3rd April 2011
Kingsley Burrell Brown was detained under the Mental Health Act last Sunday after officers attended an incident on Iknield Port Road, Birmingham. He was admitted to a unit in the city and later moved to a hospital where he died on Thursday, police said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said post-mortem test results may be known early next week. Maxi Hayles, chairman of the Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit, told BBC News Mr Brown’s family were waiting to be told what caused his death at the city’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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