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INQUEST is a charity that provides a free advice service to bereaved people on contentious deaths and their investigation with a particular focus on deaths in custody. Casework also informs our research, parliamentary, campaigning and policy work.

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Press releases 1999

1999
November INQUEST OPENS INTO DEATH OF THOMAS DOUBLEDAY IN HMP NORWICH
November DAVID ‘ROCKY’ BENNETT – FAMILY LAUNCH JUSTICE CAMPAIGN ON 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF BLACK MAN FOLLOWING RESTRAINT IN PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC
November NICHOLAS INGLEDEW – INQUEST JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF “ACCIDENTAL DEATH CONTRIBUTED TO BY NEGLECT” ON DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY OF GIFTED YOUNG SURGEON
November NICHOLAS INGLEDEW – INQUEST INTO DEATH OF GIFTED YOUNG SURGEON IN POLICE CUSTODY CONCLUDES
November PCA COMPLETE INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF ROGER SYLVESTER
November INQUEST OPENS INTO DEATH OF 19 YEAR OLD BLACK PRISONER PAUL JEMMOTT IN AYLESBURY YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION
October FAMILY OF ALTON MANNING, ‘UNLAWFULLY KILLED’ IN PRISON WINS RIGHT TO JUDICIALLY REVIEW FAILURE OF DPP TO PROSECUTE
October ALTON MANNING – FAMILY SEEK JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DPP DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE OVER DEATH OF BLACK PRISONER
October INQUEST JURY RETURNS MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON DEATH OF KAREN GREEN IN HMP HOLLOWAY
October PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA MEETS FAMILY OF ROGER SYLVESTER
October IINQUEST OPENS INTO DEATH OF KAREN GREEN IN HMP HOLLOWAY
September CAMPAIGN GROUP CONCERN OVER FATAL SHOOTING BY POLICE
September ALTON MANNING – CHALLENGE TO DPP’S REFUSAL TO PROSECUTE ON UNLAWFUL KILLING OF BLACK PRISONER
September HARRY STANLEY – CONCERN OVER SHOOTING BY POLICE OF UNARMED MAN
September ROGER SYLVESTER FAMILY DEMAND INDEPENDENT INQUIRY AND SUSPENSION OF POLICE OFFICERS
August THE BUTLER INQUIRY – A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
July CS SPRAY INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN DEATHS IN CUSTODY
July ACQUITTAL OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR MANSLAUGHTER OF IRISHMAN RICHARD O’BRIEN SPARKS NEW CALLS FOR
June MPS SUPPORT LEGAL AID FOR FAMILIES FOR REPRESENTATION AT INQUESTS FOLLOWING DEATHS IN STATE CUSTODY
June TRIAL OF POLICE OFFICERS FACING MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES OVER DEATH OF RICHARD O’BRIEN IN METROPOLITAN POLICE CUSTODY
May INQUEST CONCLUDED TODAY INTO THE DEATH OF MARK BELL FOLLOWING THE USE OF CS SPRAY BY POLICE
April INQUEST WELCOMES HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT ENDORSEMENT OF ITS PROPOSALS
April INQUEST OPENS ON WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL INTO THE DEATH OF MARK BELL FOLLOWING USE OF CS SPRAY BY POLICE
April INQUEST WELCOMES NEW HOME OFFICE GUIDANCE TO POLICE FORCES ON PRE-INQUEST DISCLOSURE
April INQUEST OPENS TODAY INTO POLICE SHOOTING OF JAMES BRADY
March ROGER SYLVESTER JUSTICE CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED AT PUBLIC MEETING THIS SUNDAY
March INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF JOHN LEO O’REILLY WILL FINISH MONDAY 3 MARCH 1997
February ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER – FORMER PRISON DOCTOR FOUND GUILTY OF SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT
February ALTON MANNING – ANOTHER BLACK FAMILY DENIED JUSTICE
February INQUEST OPENS INTO THE DEATH OF 16 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS WHELAN IN HMYOI GLEN PARVA
February KENNETH SEVERIN – PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN UPHOLDS COMPLAINT OF MALADMINISTRATION AND MISFEASANCE IN PRISON DEATH CASE
January ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER – FORMER PRISON DOCTOR TO APPEAR AT GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL CHARGED WITH SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT
January RECORD NUMBER OF SELF-INFLICTED DEATHS IN PRISON
January JOHN CALLAGHAN – INQUEST OPENS INTO DEATH OF GULF WAR VETERAN IN HMP MANCHESTER
January INQUEST VERDICT DUE IN DEATH IN METROPOLITAN POLICE CUSTODY OF NATHAN DELAHUNTY
January FAMILY TO HOLD VIGIL IN HONOUR OF ROGER SYLVESTER
INQUEST WINS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AWARD
OPEN VERDICT RETURNED AT INQUEST INTO DEATH OF DETAINED PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT NEWTON WHITE
PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN REPORT DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO DEATHS IN PRISON
UNPRECEDENTED APOLOGY FROM METROPOLITAN POLICE TO FAMILY OF ROGER SYLVESTER FOR INACCURATE PRESS RELEASE
Due to a change of system there are no dates easily available for press releases before 2000. If you require these dates please contact the office.
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