Unlawful Killing

Kevin Blowe, coordinator for NETPOL (The Network for Police Monitoring) is a longstanding campaigner against police violence, suppression of protest and deaths in custody.In this episode, Kevin speaks...

1 Aug 202443min

Tommy Nicol died a self-inflicted death in prison whilst on an indeterminate prison sentence (IPP).Tommy’s sister Donna Mooney has been at the forefront of campaigning for change and challenging the h...

18 Juli 202435min

Sean Rigg was a Black man who died following violent police restraint whilst in a mental health crisis in Brixton in August 2008. His sister Marcia Rigg has been campaigning for justice ever since.We ...

8 Juli 202444min

Connor Sparrowhawk was a funny 18-year-old who loved London buses. He was autistic and had epilepsy and learning disabilities. He died after drowning in a bath at an NHS care unit whilst the staff mea...

20 Juni 202439min

In the forty years since INQUEST was founded by families bereaved by deaths in police and prison custody, the ways in which these deaths are investigated has changed significantly. These changes were ...

7 Juni 202431min

When a member of the public dies in suspicious circumstances, there’s a criminal investigation. But what happens when it’s the state that’s the suspect? Lucy and Lee are back and this time, they’re lo...

23 Maj 202436min

Matthew Leahy, 20, died in the care of Essex mental health services. A critical inquest and multiple investigations later, and still his mother Melanie Leahy does not know the truth about what happene...

18 Jan 202433min

Mental health services are often framed as the caring alternative to policing and prisons. But Lucy and Lee look at what happens when the very system designed to protect us, fails to do just that. Mi...

11 Jan 202428min