they are pcs craig walker and ashley tomlinson. very clear detail, sheku bayoh viciously stamping on nicole short. did that happen? no. you're sure? yeah. i don't think he would've had time to stamp at... there was... after the punch, that was it. there was no more attack on her at all. officer b — "i had a clear view of him "and saw him with his right leg in a high, raised position. "he had his arms raised up at right angles to his body "and brought his right foot down in a full force stamp "onto her lower back." and you say that didn't happen? that never happened. i didn't see him stamping at all or, other than the punch, any raised arms. officer c — ashley tomlinson — says, "i thought he had killed her." "he stomped on her back again." no. what you're saying is that those accounts are false? yes. nicole short, now retired, later said she was unsure she was conscious and only heard she was stamped on when her colleagues told her afterwards. the cctv appears to show her getting back to her feet a few seconds after being struck by

in statements to the official investigators, pcs craig walker and ashley tomlinson claimed bayoh violentlyat never happened. you're sure? yeah. what you're saying is that those accounts are false? yes. why are you doing this interview? it's not fair on sheku and his family that they've made the incident worse than it actually was to justify what happened, and that's. . . not right. we showed sheku bayoh's sister the allegations. it's making me really angry, because five years ago, the way they painted sheku to be, that's not who he was. no officer involved has faced criminal charges or misconduct proceedings, but questions over this case persist, and a full public inquiry is under way. the scottish police federation told us its members cooperated fully and truthfully with the investigations and maintains that it's seen compelling material the stamping attack did take place, but that the public inquiry was the proper forum for it. black people in the uk are twice as likely to die in custody as white people. and the public inquiry into mr bayoh's death will examine whether his race was a fac