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The coroner in the Mark Duggan inquest is to invite the dead man's family to help shape police firearms procedure.The coroner in the Mark Duggan inquest is to invite the dead man's family to help shape police firearms procedure.
The senior circuit judge Keith Cutler, who is preparing recommendations on firearms procedure for the home secretary in the light of issues raised at the inquest, described his decision to consult the family as "unusual, perhaps unique" but the right thing to do to achieve transparency. The senior circuit judge Keith Cutler, who is preparing recommendations on firearms procedure for the home secretary after issues raised at the inquest, described his decision to consult the family as "unusual, perhaps unique" but the right thing to do to achieve transparency.
"Normally I would hide away and come to my own conclusions about these recommendations but this has been a highly charged and high-profile case," he told the Mail on Sunday. "I have wanted to have transparency for all the parties and the public."Normally I would hide away and come to my own conclusions about these recommendations but this has been a highly charged and high-profile case," he told the Mail on Sunday. "I have wanted to have transparency for all the parties and the public.
"In that spirit I am taking the unusual, perhaps unique, step of inviting submissions from all the interested parties including the Duggan family. I'll wait to receive all the views before sitting down and carefully considering any recommendations that need to be made.""In that spirit I am taking the unusual, perhaps unique, step of inviting submissions from all the interested parties including the Duggan family. I'll wait to receive all the views before sitting down and carefully considering any recommendations that need to be made."
Among the issues Cutler is addressing are the training of officers and preparation for operations. He will also examine the benefits and feasibility of armed officers wearing head cameras, an idea already adopted by the Met commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, in the wake of the inquest.Among the issues Cutler is addressing are the training of officers and preparation for operations. He will also examine the benefits and feasibility of armed officers wearing head cameras, an idea already adopted by the Met commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, in the wake of the inquest.
The judge said he had informed all parties of his decision and the police had asked to hear what others had to say first before making their own submissions.The judge said he had informed all parties of his decision and the police had asked to hear what others had to say first before making their own submissions.
He also defended his decision to hold a 20-second silence for Duggan at the start of the inquest in September. He acknowledged that it was controversial but said: "I thought that a few moments' reflection at the start of the inquest might be quite healing. I used the words 'regrettable death' at the time and there is no doubt that's what it was. The police have said right from the start that his death was regrettable."He also defended his decision to hold a 20-second silence for Duggan at the start of the inquest in September. He acknowledged that it was controversial but said: "I thought that a few moments' reflection at the start of the inquest might be quite healing. I used the words 'regrettable death' at the time and there is no doubt that's what it was. The police have said right from the start that his death was regrettable."
Cutler's comments came the day after Duggan's family held a vigil for him outside Tottenham police station, to protest at the jury's verdict that the 29-year-old was lawfully killed by police. More than 300 people attended the vigil, where 12 doves were released, symbolising peace. Duggan's aunt Carole criticised the portrayal of her nephew and the rest of the family since the shooting. "The smear campaign began after the shooting of Mark and has been sustained by parts of the media and the police since, as in the claim that Mark 'came from a gangster family'," she said. Cutler's comments came the day after Duggan's family held a vigil for him outside Tottenham police station, to protest against the jury's verdict that the 29-year-old was lawfully killed by police. More than 300 people attended the vigil, where 12 doves were released, symbolising peace. Duggan's aunt Carole criticised the portrayal of her nephew and the rest of the family since the shooting. "The smear campaign began after the shooting of Mark and has been sustained by parts of the media and the police since, as in the claim that Mark 'came from a gangster family'," she said.
"Our family are being accused of threatening the jury; the media are obsessed with what we are going to do … We did not start the uprising in 2011 but it's like we're being punished for that.""Our family are being accused of threatening the jury; the media are obsessed with what we are going to do … We did not start the uprising in 2011 but it's like we're being punished for that."
She defended the jury, who she said were "put in such a difficult situation".She defended the jury, who she said were "put in such a difficult situation".
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