News reports on the trial
last update: 3rd January 2010

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Press Features
from the BBC, BLINK, Birmingham Post & others

You can’t trust the police with your children’s lives

5th August 2006
“My cousin Mikey Powell died because police officers treated him as a racial stereotype, instead of a sick man in need of help.”
Benjamin Zephaniah

The night Michael Powell met his death
3rd August 2006

Forcing the issue
25th May 2005

Custody case six suspended
20th January 2004

March for custody death man
15th November 2003

Call for custody death suspensions
25th September 2003

Campaign group help family
19th September 2003

Police custody death inquiry opens
10th September 2003

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Note: The views and opinions expressed in the above articles are not necessarily those of the Mikey Powell family, and views stated to have been quoted by the family or representatives may not always be wholly accurate.