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Update: Inquest opens into custody death

Juryfrom Birmingham Post
4th November 2009

A Birmingham man with a history of mental illness died in police custody after being struck by a patrol car called to his home, an inquest jury has been told.

The panel heard that Michael Powell, 38, was also struck with a baton before being restrained and taken to Thornhill Road police station in September 2003. Opening the inquest, which is expected to last for six weeks, the assistant deputy coroner for Birmingham, Stephen Campbell, said medical experts did not believe that Mr Powell died as a result of being struck by the car or the baton.

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INQUEST Press Release: Inquest opening

INQUESTPRESS RELEASE
Released 29 October 2009

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INQUEST OPENS AFTER SIX YEAR WAIT

10am Wednesday 4 November 2009 before HM Coroner (Assistant Deputy Campbell) for Birmingham, sitting at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B73 6AB (close to Sutton Coldfield railway station). The inquest into the controversial death in police custody of Michael Lloyd Powell (known as Mikey) opens on Wednesday 4 November 2009, and is expected to last for six weeks. Mikey was a cousin of the renowned poet and writer, Benjamin Zephaniah, a patron of INQUEST.

Mikey Powell was a fit and healthy 38 year old black man and a father of three young children. He had suffered several short episodes of mental illness in the past from which he had recovered. One of these episodes occurred on 7 September 2003. Police had previously dealt appropriately with Mikey and were called again on this occasion by concerned family members.

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The Mikey Powell inquest

LawThe inquest into the death of Mikey Powell will be commencing on 4th November 2009. It is scheduled to run until 16th December 2009. at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands.

Please leave your messages of support for the family on this blog or on the Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice official website.

If you are able to attend any part(s) of the inquest that would also be greatly appreciated by members of Mikey Powell’s immediate and extended family.

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