gation into how a man died shortly after being restrained by police, the independent Police Complaints Authority said yesterday" were never shown The Guardian of May 4 reported that "Three detec. tives are to face disciplinary action over their investiRoger Sylvester, 30, died eight days after an incident exposed. outside his home in Tottenham, north London, in January 1999. Ever since his family and other campaigners have fought tirelessly for justice. But their demands for a public inquiry have never been met and instead an attempt was made to fob them off with a police inquiry - the results of which the family Now a detective superintendent and two detective sergeants who were involved in that inquiry are to face a total of 7 disciplinary charges, the PCA said. A spokesman for the authority said: "The charges zate to alleged neglect in that investigation and were recommended by Essex police who, under the supervision of the independent Police Complaints Authority, conducted an investigation into the death of Roger Sylvester. A disciplinary hearing will take place on a date to be arranged.
Maybe now at least that part of the cover up will be The Police Complaints authority has also said it would not make a decision on whether there were any disciplinary issues against eight officers who were involved in Mr Sylvester's detention until after the inquest, which is now set to take place in October. This date, over three and a half years since Roger's death has only been recently set, despite the fact that Lord Justice Woolf urged the Met in May 2001 to set an immediate date.
Each of these concessions has been wrung from the Met through tireless campaigning - which will continue until justice is finally done.