Man who died during police incident in Kirkcaldy is identified
ByLeeza Clark
The man who died in an early morning altercation in Kirkcaldy on Sunday has been named.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner revealed he was 31-year-old Sheku Ahmed Tejan Bayoh.
The PIRC has also confirmed it will carry out, at the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
The report will be submitted to COPFS in due course.
Mr Bayoh was detained by police officers shortly before his death.
A female police officer was also injured as she tried to help arrest him in Kirkcaldy’s Hayfield Road.
A spokeswoman for the PIRC said as this was now a live investigation it would be inappropriate comment further.
Man who died during police incident in Kirkcaldy is identified