| 2006 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Mikey Powell | Police Custody | Yes - ten officers tried for various offences - charges dropped for four officers at trial in June 2006, remainder acquitted August 2006 | No | N/A |
UK Black |
| Robin Goodenough | Police Custody | Yes - three officers tried for manslaughter in 2005 - jury failed to reach verdict; retried for assault in 2006- acquitted | No | N/A |
UK White |
| 2004 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Harry Stanley | Police Shooting | No | Yes | Unlawful killing; overturned at Judicial Review, May 2005 |
UK White |
| 2003 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Roger Sylvester | Police Custody | No | Yes | Unlawful killing; quashed on a technicality |
UK Black |
| 2002 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Christopher Alder | Police Custody | 5 officers charged with manslaughter - trial collapsed 2002 |
Yes | Unlawful killing |
Black |
| 2001 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| James Ashley | Police Shooting | Yes - trial halted 2001 |
No | N/A |
UK White |
| 1998 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Alton Manning | Prison | No | yes | Unlawful killing |
Black |
| 1997 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Ibrahima Sey | Police Custody | No | Yes | Unlawful killing |
Black |
| David Ewin | Police Shooting | Yes– acquitted at retrial 1997 |
No | N/A | UK White |
| 1996 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Shiji Lapite | Police Custody | No | Yes | Unlawful killing |
Black |
| 1995 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Richard O'Brien | Police Custody | Yes – acquitted at trial 1999 | Yes |
Unlawful killing |
Irish |
| Joy Gardner | Police / Immigration | Yes – acquitted 1995 |
No | N/A | Black |
| 1993 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
Leon Patterson |
Police Custody | No |
Yes | a) Unlawful killing quashed |
Black |
| Omasase Lumumba | Prison | No | Yes | Unlawful killing |
Black |
| 1991 | |||||
| Name | Type | Prosecution | Inquest | Verdict | Ethnicity |
| Oliver Pryce | Police Custody | No | Yes | Unlawful killing |
Black |
| Last updated 5th February 2007 | |||||
* There has been a recent increase in police officers being charged with lesser offences following deaths on police custody. When more reliable information is available we will update the website.
There were also verdicts of Unlawful Killing returned at the inquest in 2003 into the deaths of two teenagers who died following a police pursuit in the Mersey Tunnel.