Sheku questions need answered

Sir, - On May 3 2015, a man called Sheku Bayoh lost his life on a Kirkcaldy street while being taken into custody by police officers.

Two years on, we still have no idea of how he died, whether he had a weapon or not, whether excessive force was used or any decision regarding the next steps from the Scottish justice system. This is completely unacceptable.

In August 2016, the Crown Office said: “The PIRC report will be carefully considered but this is a complex investigation and further work may be required before any decision is made as to whether or not there should be any criminal proceedings.”

I think it is time for Michael Matheson, our low-profile justice secretary, to pick up the phone to the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe, and instruct him to make public the result of the report and announce his next steps as a matter of urgency.

Any further delay is a disgrace for the Bayoh family and must also cause stress for the police officers involved who will obviously wish to clear their names.

I have no links to either the Bayoh family or the police service and I do not pretend to know what happened in this

incident, but the Crown Office must know and it is time that they made this public. Alan Thomson. Easter Dunochil, High Street, Kinross.