Fundraiser for Sheku Bayoh case hits £70,000 after summer of Black Lives Matter marches
who died in police custody in Scotland more than five years ago has hit £70,000 as a legal case approaches.Sheku Bayoh died in 2015 after being restrained by up to nine officers in Kirkcaldy, with his family claiming that race played a part in his death.Cops used batons and spray to subdue him.His family have drawn comparisons with the killing of George Floyd by US police which sparked the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests this summer.A public inquiry will be held into the death of the trainee gas engineer, originally from Sierra Leone, which will in part examine whether race was a factor.It was decided that officers in involved would not face criminal prosecution.Bayoh's heartbroken sister Kadi Johnson has since launched an online