Correction: Press Release

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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:-

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Telegraph angers Powell family and supporters

Cousins of Mikey Powellfrom the Mikey Powell Campaign
22nd December 2009

An article that appeared on The Telegraph website caused upset and anger prompting the family of Mikey, their legal team, INQUEST and supporters to complain in their droves.

Legal representatives have written to the news group stating;  “Alasdair Palmer’s article on the Michael Powell inquest (‘The Michael Powell case shows how charges of racism hobble the police’, December 20) was riddled with grave factual inaccuracies, which masked the important issues this case raised, and which has provoked a raft of entirely misconceived, offensive and racist comments on your website as a result”.

Tippa Naphtali, a cousin of Mikey, infuriated by the inaccuracies wrote the following to the editor of the group:

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Correction: Press Release

Document FilesNote: This update should be read in conjunction with the recent 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 4 that was put to the jury by the Coroner read
If you have found that the cause of death was positional asphyxia (question 1), on the balance of probabilities:-
Was the initial position in the van on his front or his side?

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