Hillsborough disaster: Fans unlawfully killed – BBC News
‘Ninety-six football fans who died as a result of a crush in the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, the inquests have concluded.’
BBC News, 26th April 2016
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Category: unlawful killing
Hillsborough inquests: Jury to reveal conclusions into 96 deaths – BBC News
‘The jury at the Hillsborough inquests will reveal its conclusions later into how 96 football fans were fatally injured in the 1989 stadium disaster.’
BBC News, 26th April 2016
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Hillsborough jury reaches decision – BBC News
‘Jurors have reached a majority decision on whether the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed.’
BBC News, 25th April 2016
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Hillsborough inquest: Jury can return majority decision on whether fans were unlawfully killed – The Independent
‘The jury in the Hillsborough inquests has been told it can return a majority decision on whether the 96 victims were unlawfully killed.’
The Independent, 25th April 2016
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Hillsborough jury sent out to consider verdicts into deaths of 96 fans – The Guardian
‘The jury at the new inquests into the deaths of 96 people at Hillsborough in 1989 has been sent out to consider its verdicts, more than two years after the proceedings began in court.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2016
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de Menezes: No individual prosecutions, but an effective investigation – ECtHR – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This week, the mosaic shrine adorning the wall outside Stockwell underground station once again became the focal point for difficult questions surrounding the police response the terrorist attacks of 2005.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st April 2016
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Jean Charles de Menezes ruling: European Court of Human Rights rejects call to prosecute police officers who shot him – The Independent
‘The UK was right not to charge any police officers over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician who they thought was a suicide bomber, in 2005.’
The Independent, 30th March 2016
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Jean Charles de Menezes ruling due in European court of human rights – The Guardian
‘A ruling on whether British police officers should have been charged for the fatal shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes at a London tube station in 2005 is to be delivered by the European court of human rights on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2016
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Hillsborough inquests jury told to consider unlawful killing verdict – The Guardian
‘The jury at the inquests into how 96 people died in the lethal crush at Hillsborough in 1989 will be asked to consider whether the South Yorkshire police chief superintendent David Duckenfield, who was in charge of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, caused the deaths by gross negligence manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2016
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Nearly 300 British veterans face investigation over alleged Iraq war crimes – The Guardian
‘Nearly 300 British personnel who served in Iraq have been contacted by investigators looking into allegations of war crimes, with some of them facing interrogation on their doorsteps, officials have said.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2015
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Mark Duggan family granted appeal over High Court ruling he was ‘lawfully killed’ by police – The Independent
‘The family of Mark Duggan has been granted permission to go to the Court of Appeal over a ruling that he was “lawfully killed” by a police marksman.’
The Independent, 27th October 2015
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Duggan family to appeal over death – BBC News
‘Family of Mark Duggan, whose shooting sparked England riots, win right to appeal over finding he was lawfully killed.’
BBC News, 27th October 2015
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Ex-BA flight attendant sues G4S after witnessing death of Jimmy Mubenga – The Guardian
‘A former British Airways flight attendant is suing G4S for more than £100,000 after witnessing the death of Jimmy Mubenga, a deportee who suffocated while being restrained by security guards employed by the firm.’
The Guardian, 30th September 2015
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MPs to debate children’s carbon monoxide deaths in Corfu hotel – The Guardian
‘The deaths of two children from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Corfu will be debated in parliament next week.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2015
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Azelle Rodney shooting: police marksman cleared of murder – The Guardian
‘A former police marksman has been cleared of murdering a suspect he shot six times, a killing that the dead man’s mother said had effectively seen her son subjected to the death penalty.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2015
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Prosecutors examining claims that police spied on sister after death of her brother – The Guardian
‘Prosecutors are examining allegations that police improperly monitored the sister of a former paratrooper who died on the floor of a police station.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2015
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Student restrained by police died from neglect, inquest finds – The Guardian
‘A student who was detained under the Mental Health Act died as a result of neglect by police officers and ambulance staff who forcibly restrained him and left him handcuffed for hours on a hospital floor, an inquest jury has found.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2015
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Lee Balkwell concrete mixer death: Family awarded £12,000 – BBC News
‘The family of a man found dead in a concrete mixer in Essex has been awarded £12,000 in compensation.’
BBC News, 30th January 2015
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Mark Duggan’s family lose attempt to overturn inquest verdict – The Guardian
‘The family of Mark Duggan have lost their attempt to overturn an inquest verdict that the police shooting of their loved one was a lawful killing.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2014
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PC Ian Terry death: GMP officer ‘required to resign’ – BBC News
‘A Greater Manchester Police officer has been forced to step down over the fatal shooting of an unarmed colleague during a training exercise.’
BBC News, 17th September 2014
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