Learn about some of the people who have died at the hands of the British state through policing, prisons and mental health services. Find out who they were, how they died and how their families have fought back. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
This selection of 40 people is a tiny sample of the 10,000 cases INQUEST has worked on between 1981-2021. Learn more about how these 40 people were selected.
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Blair Peach

Jimmy Kelly

Matthew O'Hara

Barry Prosser

Paul Barrington Worrell

Jim Heather-Hayes

Colin Roach

John Mikkelson

Cynthia Jarrett

Mark Sancto

Philip Knight

Oliver Pryce

Simon Willerton

Michael Jamieson

Orville Blackwood

Omasese Lumumba

Richard O'Brien

Carl Owens

Stuart Ford

Kenneth Severin

David Green

Roger Sylvester

Harry Stanley

Cheryl Hartman

Joseph Scholes

Sarah Campbell

Petra Blanksby

Rebecca Smith

Paul Calvert

Azelle Rodney

Jimmy Mubenga

Janey Antoniou

Amy El-Keria

Kevin Scarlett

Connor Sparrowhawk

Adrian McDonald

Emily Hartley

Colette McCulloch

Annabella Landsberg

Charlie Millers