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Sheku Bayoh: ‘I no longer feel safe in Scotland,’ sister tells inquiry
Sheku's mother Aminata Bayoh (2nd left) with Sheku's sisters and Lawyer Aamer Anwar (centre) speaks to supporters outside Capital House in Edinburgh ahead of the start of a public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh

THE sister of Sheku Bayoh, who died after being restrained on the ground by police, told an inquiry into her brother’s death she no longer feels safe in Scotland.

The public inquiry into the circumstances of Mr Bayoh’s death began today almost seven years exactly since the father of two was restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3 2015. 

Police officers had responded to reports of a black man in an agitated state carrying a knife. 

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