Kaine Fletcher died aged 26 on 3 July 2022 after a period of prolonged restraint by officers from Nottinghamshire Police. The four-week inquest into Kaine’s death recently concluded on 25 July 2025.
On 28 July 2025, the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) released the findings of its investigation into the officers involved in Kaine’s death. The IOPC found that “there was no evidence to suggest any officers behaved in a manner that would justify disciplinary proceedings or that they committed a criminal offence.”
The family of Kaine Fletcher were disappointed to see that the IOPC failed to acknowledge the numerous critical findings made by the jury and calls for the IOPC to revisit the conclusion of its flawed investigation.
Nathaniel Ameyaw, Kaine’s father, said:
“It is disappointing but not surprising that the IOPC continues to conduct itself in this way, without acknowledging the very critical findings of the jury that our family have fought hard for. Our family have felt let down by the IOPC at every juncture and this occasion is no different.”
Erica San of Bhatt Murphy acts for the family instructing Stephen Simblet KC of Garden Court Chambers.
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