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There are many figures involved in the case surrounding Sheku Bayoh.

Nine police officers, the chief constable, the Lord Advocate, the PIRC, lawyers, his partner and his family, to list just a few.

But at the heart of it are two little boys, aged six and three, who are growing up without their daddy.

Tyler Barcik and Isaac Bayoh’s lives changed forever when Sheku died in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, on the morning of May 3 2015.

Isaac was a tiny baby, who will never remember him in person, and Tyler was just a tot.

The emotion and anger were palpable in the voice of Collette, Isaac’s mother, as she spoke of her need to get answers for him.

She said: “This morning, he saw Sheik on the news and he said ‘that’s my daddy on TV’. I don’t want him to know his daddy is in the news, I want him to remember his daddy from what I tell him, from the memories and photographs I have.”

Losing a parent is a pain no child should ever have to endure.

The least they deserve is to know the truth about why they suffered such devastating loss.