Brother of man shot by police appeals for justice

Shaun Hall said the family of Mark Duggan were prepared to give the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) a chance to show impartiality and independence in its inquiry into his death.

He told a public meeting in Tottenham, north London: “We were told there were 31 police officers involved in the sting on my brother – I call it an assassination. What had my brother done so wrong to deserve this assassination, please tell me.”

Mr Hall, who was flanked by Mr Duggan’s partner, Semone Wilson, struggled at times to contain his tears as he described his brother as a “good man” although “no angel”.

“We are normal people,” he said, adding that they had been “ripped apart” by his death.

He said it was now up to the IPCC to demonstrate to the world that it could come to the “right conclusions”.

His remarks came after the IPCC admitted in August that it may have wrongly led journalists to believe that 29-year-old Mr Duggan fired at officers before he was killed.

His death in Tottenham, north London, on August 4, was the trigger for the first of four nights of riots that spread from the capital across England.

Mr Hall was speaking alongside the families of three other people who died after involvement with police officers to mark the launch of the Tottenham Defence Campaign.