In the early hours of Sunday, 3 May 2015, Police Scotland officers were called to Kirkcaldy in Fife after local man, Sheku Bayoh, had been seen walking down the street with a kitchen knife.

It was after being restrained by up to six officers that Sheku stopped breathing. 

The details of what happened that morning are in dispute. His devastated family are still searching for answers. They claim he is Scotland’s George Floyd.

Police refute this.

Now a public inquiry - launched in May last year – is trying to find out what really happened. 

Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry is a new podcast from The Ferret, bringing you up-to-date with the evidence that the inquiry has heard so far.

Find out more at theferret.scot or join us at theferret.scot/subscribe

Credits:

Tomiwa Foloronso: co-host and researcher

Karin Goodwin: co-host, writer and producer

Halina Rafai: editing, recording and sound

With original music by Alan Bryden