Unlawful Killing

<p>Campaigning work often takes many forms, and using the arts to protest can be just as effective as any other means. </p><br><p>In this episode, Lucy speaks to Lee Jarman and Sarah Kadri, who are part of LUNG Theatre...

<p>The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 is a scandalous stain on British history. The fire claimed 72 lives but despite the relentless battle families and campaigners have faced, no one has yet been brought to justice...

<p>How do bereaved families cope after a loved one dies in such horrendous circumstances? What can be done to keep their loved one’s name alive within a system that’s so keen to bury the truth and move...

<p><br></p><p>Kevin Blowe, coordinator for NETPOL (The Network for Police Monitoring) is a longstanding campaigner against police violence, suppression of protest and deaths in custody.</p><br><p>In this episode, Kevin...

<p>Tommy Nicol died a self-inflicted death in prison whilst on an indeterminate prison sentence (IPP).</p><br><p>Tommy’s sister Donna Mooney has been at the forefront of campaigning for change and challenging the...

<p>Sean Rigg was a Black man who died following violent police restraint whilst in a mental health crisis in Brixton in August 2008. His sister Marcia Rigg has been campaigning for justice ever since.</p><br><p>We hear...

<p>Connor Sparrowhawk was a funny 18-year-old who loved London buses. He was autistic and had epilepsy and learning disabilities. He died after drowning in a bath at an NHS care unit whilst the staff meant to be looking...

<p>In the forty years since INQUEST was founded by families bereaved by deaths in police and prison custody, the ways in which these deaths are investigated has changed significantly. These changes were fought for by...

<p>When a member of the public dies in suspicious circumstances, there’s a criminal investigation. But what happens when it’s the state that’s the suspect? </p><p>Lucy and Lee are back and this time, they’re looking at...

<p>Matthew Leahy, 20, died in the care of Essex mental health services. </p><br><p>A critical inquest and multiple investigations later, and still his mother Melanie Leahy does not know the truth about what happened to...

<p>Mental health services are often framed as the caring alternative to policing and prisons. But Lucy and Lee look at what happens when the very system designed to protect us, fails to do just that. </p><p>...

<p>Liridon Saliuka, 29, took his own life whilst awaiting trail for joint enterprise charges at Belmarsh prison in London.</p><br><p>Last year, an inquest into his death found that ill treatment and dismissiveness of...

<p>Every year hundreds of people die in prisons in the UK. We’ll be asking why so many people are dying, why so few people are talking about it, and hearing more about the communities and families that these deaths tear...

<p>Chris Kaba was fatally shot by a Metropolitan police officer in September 2022. He was unarmed. Now, the officer who fired that shot has been charged with murder. </p><br><p>His death brought renewed attention to...

<p>Since INQUEST was founded in 1981, it has recorded almost 2000 deaths involving the police.</p><br><p>In this episode, Lucy Brisbane and Lee Lawrence take you right back to one of the cases that led to INQUEST being...