Sheku Bayoh Inquiry: Search the Evidence

…ber 2022 (10.17 am) LORD BRACADALE: Now, Ms Grahame. MS GRAHAME: The next witness will be a former inspector, Mr Stephen Kay. LORD BRACADALE: And he is giving evidence remotely? MS GRAHAME: He is, yes. LORD BRACADALE: Good morning, Mr Kay. A. Good morning. LORD BRACADALE: You can hear me and see me, can you? A. Yes, I certainly can. LORD…

…ber 2022 (10.17 am) LORD BRACADALE: Now, Ms Grahame. MS GRAHAME: The next witness will be a former inspector, Mr Stephen Kay. LORD BRACADALE: And he is giving evidence remotely? MS GRAHAME: He is, yes. LORD BRACADALE: Good morning, Mr Kay. A. Good morning. LORD BRACADALE: You can hear me and see me, can you? A. Yes, I certainly can. LORD…

…for not doing it at the time -- we didn't do it, you know, I presume by your questioning -- and I can't remember Stephen Kay, I can't remember his statement -- we did go and take another statement from him, I see there. It was actually myself that took that statement because that caught my eye when he were doing that. Q. That was on 12 Ja…

, Mr Kay. Are you able to hear me? A. Yes, I can hear you perfectly. Q. Excellent. You are Stephen Kay and you are a former -- A. Yes. Q. -- inspector with Police Scotland? A. Yes. Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry Q. What age are you? A. 53. Q. And do I understand correctly that you are retired? A. Yes, I left the police in May. Q. H…

…for not doing it at the time -- we didn't do it, you know, I presume by your questioning -- and I can't remember Stephen Kay, I can't remember his statement -- we did go and take another statement from him, I see there. It was actually myself that took that statement because that caught my eye when he were doing that. Q. That was on 12 Ja…

ton says "Control acknowledged, officer injured"? A. Yes and, I see that Stephen Kay is obviously the sergeant who was based at Dunfermline so he has obviously heard that, I would imagine. Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry 167 Q. So Stephen Kay is actually a local officer based in Dunfermline? A. Yes, I'm just reading from the spreads…

, Mr Kay. Are you able to hear me? A. Yes, I can hear you perfectly. Q. Excellent. You are Stephen Kay and you are a former -- A. Yes. Q. -- inspector with Police Scotland? A. Yes. Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry Q. What age are you? A. 53. Q. And do I understand correctly that you are retired? A. Yes, I left the police in May. Q. H…

you, Inspector Stewart? A. Yeah, that's myself and Stephen Kay who was the inspector at the time. Q. So is Stephen Kay the one that we mentioned when we saw his name on the spreadsheet? Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry 193 A. Yes. Q. So he is a local officer from Dunfermline? A. (Nods). Q. And this is a conversation that you had with…

…me, my Lord. LORD BRACADALE: Yes, thank you. So we can open up the link again, please. (The witness returned) MR STEPHEN KAY (continued) Mr Kay -- A. Yes, sir. LORD BRACADALE: You're going to be asked some questions by Ms McCall who is the senior counsel for Sergeant Maxwell. Do you understand? A. Yes. LORD BRACADALE: Ms McCall. 106

…me, my Lord. LORD BRACADALE: Yes, thank you. So we can open up the link again, please. (The witness returned) MR STEPHEN KAY (continued) Mr Kay -- A. Yes, sir. LORD BRACADALE: You're going to be asked some questions by Ms McCall who is the senior counsel for Sergeant Maxwell. Do you understand? A. Yes. LORD BRACADALE: Ms McCall. 106

…d then I will ask you some questions. (Video played) So from the button being activated at 7.20.42 we then see a Stephen Kay acknowledging that somebody has activated the emergency button and that's at 7.20.56. Who is Stephen Kay? A. I don't know. Q. You don't know. Is he one of the local -- he is not in the control room? A. I don't know,…

…back to the station then we established who was in charge, et cetera. Q. Right. And can I ask you, you mentioned Stephen Kay yesterday and he was your -- he was senior to you -- A. Yes. Q. -- in terms of the organisation. We had previously understood he was based at Dunfermline but you said yesterday that he was in Kirkcaldy that day? A.…

the screen? A. Yes. Q. If I can ask you to begin by thinking about Inspector Stephen Kay. We have heard evidence from Inspector Kay. He was a temporary inspector on 3 May 2015 acting as Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry Police Incident Officer, PIO, and he was listening to calls and he later attended the incident at Hayfield Road. He…

…ge, page 5, you say you are 30 seconds out, that's until you arrive at the scene, and then 7.21.55, you will see Stephen Kay: "PS Maxwell can you arrive there and give me an 166 Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry update please." So at this point there's been no updates given and you have told us the importance to you of getting an upda…

the screen? A. Yes. Q. If I can ask you to begin by thinking about Inspector Stephen Kay. We have heard evidence from Inspector Kay. He was a temporary inspector on 3 May 2015 acting as Transcript of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry Police Incident Officer, PIO, and he was listening to calls and he later attended the incident at Hayfield Road. He…