sheku bayoh had moved to kirkcaldy in fife in 2000 tojoin his sister kadi.trainee gas engineer. he had a partner and was father to two boys. he really lived for his boys, he was overprotective of his boys. they will never get to see fatherly love from sheku. through the night of may 2nd, 2015, sheku bayoh had been at a friend's house. he'd taken drugs, mdma and a hallucinogenic called flakka. friends said it dramatically altered his behaviour and he'd become aggressive. he then made his way home to his own house when he picked up a knife. within a few minutes, he's on this street here — this is hayfield road, and it's 7am, it's a sunday morning, and the place is deserted. he's behaving erratically, so he's spotted by local residents who assumed that he's high on drink or drugs and they phone the police. they tell police they've seen a man on the street with a knife. cctv footage shows the first police arriving. bayoh no longer has a knife, a fact confirmed by statements taken later. discharging their cs sprays and drawing batons. bayoh is brought to the grou

investigation. 31—year—old father—of—two, sheku bayoh, died after being restrained by up to six officers in kirkcaldyfficers' claims that mr bayoh violently stamped on a female colleague are untrue. the scottish police federation says its officers had cooperated "truthfully" with investigators. mark daly has this report. on the morning of may the 3rd, 2015, sheku bayoh was under the influence of drugs and had been seen carrying a knife. he no longer had the knife when police arrived. four officers almost immediately used force, including batons and cs spray, and within 45 seconds, he's brought to the ground. a witness sees up to six officers kneeling or lying across sheku bayoh. she hears him scream, "get off me!" by the time they do get off, it's too late. mr bayoh's death sparked demonstrations and questions about whether his race was a factor. meanwhile, the scottish police federation representing the officers involved got their account out. the police federation gave out a statement which said... "a petite female police officer was chased and subjected "to a violent and unprovoked attack by a ver