Sheku Bayoh Inquiry: Search the Evidence

…, I'm a little bit enthusiastic this morning. LORD BRACADALE: And it is Mr Morgan, is it? MS GRAHAME: Yes, it is Neil Morgan. LORD BRACADALE: Neil Morgan. Mr Morgan, before you are asked questions by Ms Grahame, would you raise your right hand and say the words of the oath after me. MR NEIL MORGAN (sworn) Questions from MS GRAHAME LORD BR…

…y a short time before the police arrived at Hayfield Road, Sheku Bayoh had a conversation with his neighbour, Mr Neil Morgan, who treated him with consideration, care and kindness. And although it was clear to Neil Morgan that Sheku "was not himself", he was able to speak to him, to reason with him, to get him to respond and invited him i…

ens in a drug induced state. Q. Then as you mention we've heard evidence from Neil Morgan who knew Mr Bayoh, he was a neighbour of Mr Bayoh, who spoke to Mr Bayoh after the altercation, Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry the fight with his friend, and that seems to have been a calm conversation between the two of them. Again, would tha…

, Mr Neil Morgan, in the street and Mr Morgan spoke to Mr Bayoh and noticed he was holding a knife. He invited Mr Bayoh to come back, "Have a cup of coffee, a cup of tea, you need to settle Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry down". Mr Bayoh replied that he was fine. Mr Bayoh seemed calm, although Mr Morgan described his eyes as "starey…

…cers when they arrived on the scene and how they interacted with Mr Bayoh. We know that when he was spoken to by Neil Morgan, the Inquiry has already heard, the last person to speak to Mr Bayoh before his interaction with the police was calm and Mr Bayoh similarly responded to them in a calm way, and it was also clear to Mr Morgan that th…

…l impact at all, would it be reversible at that stage? A. Yes, yes it would. Q. So we have heard evidence from a Neil Morgan, who is also a neighbour of Mr Bayoh, who talks about shortly after this altercation having a conversation with Mr Bayoh where he is standing engaged in conversation. Is that the type of behaviour that could allow t…

…nute to minute. That certainly happens in a drug induced state. Q. Then as you mention we've heard evidence from Neil Morgan who knew Mr Bayoh, he was a neighbour of Mr Bayoh, who spoke to Mr Bayoh after the altercation, 81

…Mr Bayoh returned to his house and took a knife from a set in his kitchen. He then encountered his neighbour, Mr Neil Morgan, in the street and Mr Morgan spoke to Mr Bayoh and noticed he was holding a knife. He invited Mr Bayoh to come back, "Have a cup of coffee, a cup of tea, you need to settle 3

…lping me with that. I wonder, Ms Wildgoose, if we could bring the overview back on. So you showed us earlier, Mr Morgan, the area in Arran Crescent where you were? A. Yes. Q. And you have mentioned Templehall Avenue; do you see that on the map? A. Yes, it was Cramond Gardens. Do you see at the end of our street? He walked towards that way…

. Q. And you are currently, as of January of this year, as I understand it, Chief Superintendent of policing in a digital world? A. I am, yes. Q. Do you know Colin Robson? A. I do. Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry Q. Is he part of the team of people that work with you? A. Yes. Q. And when you were involved with the Sheku Bayoh death,…

…t a regular there then? A. No, no, I'm not no. Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry 51 Q. Okay. Do you have, Mr Morgan, any special skills or experience in approaching someone with a knife or dealing with someone who looks -- A. No. Q. No. And I noticed you didn't phone the police after your conversation with Sheku or Chris? A. No, I did…

ty in April 2000 and that was part of the Self-defense, Arrest and Restraint Subcommittee under the Firearms and Conflict Management? A. That's correct. I was a secretary from 2000 until my Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry retirement in 2012. Q. And that role included the management of the National Personal Safety Manual, which you f…

…ret drawer. A. Okay. Q. Now, this is a label and the number is PIRC995, so you can pick that up and touch it, Mr Morgan, don't worry about -- we won't be opening it or taking it out, and at the same time, Ms Wildgoose has actually put a photograph on the screen which is a photograph of what's contained in that plastic tub. A. What I actua…

…ine, SBPI00046, and I would like to have it on the screen closer to 7.09.20. You will see this on the screen, Mr Morgan -- if we could just pause that for a second, thank you. We have heard evidence that this is taken from a dash cam on a vehicle. A. Okay. Q. And you will see on the top left-hand corner there's a grey box that says "Real…

t you last gave evidence before the Inquiry. You were very helpful last time and gave a summary of your background. Would you mind if I just briefly recap some of that so everyone knows the Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry position? A. Of course. Q. In 2012 you were working as a police sergeant at Tulliallan doing probationer trainin…