"Family fury at suicide verdict 
 Relatives of Telford race victim plan to sue police" 

   Errol McGowan was found suspended from a door knob in July
   1999, the first of three black men to be found hanged in the
   Shropshire town within two years. 

   Six months after Errol's death, his nephew Jason was found
   hanged from railings by a road side, sparking claims that a
   racist lynch mob had murdered both men. 

   The McGowan family yesterday refused to accept the verdict,
   returned by an all-white jury by an 8-2 majority following eight
   hours of deliberations. Their lawyers are now considering civil
   action against alleged gang members named at the inquest and
   also suing the police for their handling of the case. 

   Peter Herbert, the family's barrister, said: "Institutional racism is
   alive and well and living here in West Mercia." 

   Mr Herbert, who is also deputy chairman of the Metropolitan
   police authority, called on West Mercia to publish the
   Metropolitan police's review of their first investigation, which is
   said to be "highly critical" of the force. 

   After the verdict, West Mercia police refused to say whether the
   force had failed Errol McGowan, although it admitted that
   mistakes had been made. 

   An inquest into the death of Jason McGowan is expected to be
   held in November. 

Vikram Dodd
Saturday July 7, 2001
The Guardian 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,518063,00.html

   05.06.2001: Hanged man told police of death threats

   Useful links
   West Mercia police http://www.westmercia.police.uk/

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   "Perceptions" note:

   A twenty-year or so audit of English coroner's court outcomes
   shows persistent malfeasance

   Bent lawyers acting as coroners have continually denied justice
   to citizens who have been made victims by corrupt companies,
   criminal policemen and negligent local authorities.

   In this case all white jury (whites are feeling guilty/defensive
   in Telford these days) - was selected (and perhaps pressurized?)
   to let the police off the hook - and that hook may be more
   serious than mere "neglecting" or even "ignoring" pleas for
   help.

   "Perceptions" has received testimony leading to 
   `speculative' conclusions that some police are 
   deeply involved in local drug / vice trades.
   Of course we reported the facts we had to the 
   special police unit concerned, but guess what?
   - nothing happened.  


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