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.
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.
compiled from various sources: 4WardEver UK
13th March 2011
This year marks 4 years since the death of one of the stalwarts of the campaign movement against deaths in police custody and abuse by police and prison officers in the UK. Gilly saved three lives and restored the sight of two others when he donated his organs after his death.
Friend and colleague Kevin Blowe said: “As a campaigner and activist, Gilly managed to cram so much into his own life and touch the lives of so many others that it is almost too painful to imagine what more he could have achieved.
“As well as supporting victims of racist violence in East London while at the NMP, he worked for the Lawrence Family Campaign during the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s murder.”
