Police Scotland and Crown Office also make admissions in court relating to death of Allan Marshall in 2015
The Scottish Prison Service has admitted breaching human rights law by causing the death of a man who was restrained by 17 officers and has apologised to his family. Police Scotland also apologised to the family.
In a series of unprecedented admissions, Police Scotland and the Crown Office accepted they similarly breached Allan Marshall’s right to life under article 2 of the European convention on human rights when they failed to carry out an adequate investigation into his death in custody.
Continue reading…This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.