Sheku Ahmed Tejan Bayoh (30 September 1983 – 3 May 2015) died after being restrained by police in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
[6][7][12][13] After six Police Scotland constables arrived at the scene, Bayoh chased a female officer, PC Nicole Short, and punched her to the head, forcing her to fall to the ground and thereafter stamped and kicked her as she lay unconscious.
[14] Police constables then used pepper spray and batons to force him to the ground and then cuffed his wrists and ankles.
[7][16][3] A post-mortem report revealed injuries to Bayoh's head and face, burst blood eye vessels (consistent with positional asphyxiation), bruising across his body, a fractured rib, and the presence of the street drugs MDMA and Flakka.
[3][22] In October 2018, the Lord Advocate determined that no criminal, corporate or health and safety charges would be brought against the police involved.
[23][22][25] In November 2019, the Scottish Government's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf announced an independent public inquiry into Bayoh's death.